Colonial Americal Time line

Carolina

Dec 23, 1513

In 1513, Ponce DE Leon declared the area part of La Florida, a Spanish territory. St. Elena was a Spanish settlement on parris island in south Carolina and the capital of Florida from 1566 to 1587.

Rhode Island

Dec 23, 1524

Rhode Island, full name and Providence, Rhode Island farm states (The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations). Because of its long name, it is commonly shortened to Rhode Island. Geographically, it is the smallest state in the United States and the longest in the United States. Rhode is pronounced the same as Road. The state is part of New England in the northeastern United States. It was one of the 13 early states in the American revolution.

Roanoke

Dec 23, 1585

The first colony was founded in 1585 by governor Ralph lane on roanoke island, now dale county, north Carolina. The roanoke settlement refers to Sir Walter raleigh's two attempts to establish the first permanent British colony in North America.

Salutary Neglect

Dec 23, 1607

From 1607 to 1763, the unwritten British policy for governing the American colonies was referred to as salutary neglect. Under this policy, enforcement of parliamentary law was deliberately lax, with the stated objective of encouraging colonial prosperity. The fact that the practice lasted for generations, along with the attempt to end this policy and reassert British authority in the 18th century, are identified as important factors leading to the American Revolution

Jamestown

Dec 23, 1616

Jamestown, Virginia, was the first permanent British settlement in America. Previous attempts have failed, including the establishment of the roanoke colony on roanoke island in 1585. It is located on the northeast bank of the James river, which is about 2.5 miles southwest of the center of modern Williamsburg. Jamestown was the capital of the colony from 1616 to 1699.

Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact

Dec 23, 1620

The Mayflower was an English ship that transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England to the New World in 1620.On November 11, 1620, 41 British colonists signed the mayflower compact, the first written framework of government established in the United States.

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Dec 23, 1629

In 1629, the Massachusetts bay company obtained from the king a charter to establish a colony in North America. The Massachusetts company did not have its headquarters in England, as other colonial companies had done, and send men to manage the colonies in North AmericaThey moved the company with the settlers to the north American colonies.On February 6, 1788, after the American revolution, the Massachusetts colony became the sixth state. The state nicknames are the bay state and the old colony.

Maryland

Dec 23, 1634

Maryland is named after queen Mary, wife of king Charles I of England. It was the early home of the aragon and Iroquois indians.
The first English settlers settled in st Mary's in 1634.
In 1774 an English ship carrying tea, the perkister-watt, was burned down by the residents of Annapolis.
On April 28, 1788, it recognized the federal constitution and joined the union as the seventh state.

House of Burgesses

Dec 23, 1642

The house of Commons was the elected representative of the Virginia legislature and the legislature of the Virginia colonies. Between 1642 and 1776, the house of Commons became an instrument of government, along with royally appointed colonial governors and national lords.

Maryland Toleration Act

Apr 21, 1649

The Maryland tolerance act, also known as the religion act, is a law that provides for religious tolerance of the trinity of christians. The act was passed by the colonial assembly of Maryland at st. Mary's on April 21, 1649.

Bacon's rebellion

Dec 23, 1676

The bacon rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 led by Virginia colonist Nathaniel bacon against the rule of governor William Berkeley. His dissatisfaction with the governor stemmed from Berkeley's disdain for the political challenges of the western frontier, especially his exclusion of bacon from his inner circle and his refusal to let him participate in their fur trade with the indians.

Salem witch trials

Dec 23, 1692

The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of witchcraft accusers in the Massachusetts colony from February 1692 to May 1693. More than 200 people have been charged, 19 of them convicted and hanged. Another man, Giles Corey, was crushed to death after refusing to defend himself. At least five people died in prison. It was the most famous sham case in the history of the American colonies, in which innocent people were framed to death.

Great Awakening/Enlightenment

Dec 23, 1720

Originally part of the religious or quietism of continental Europe and the evangelical movement in England, it swept through Western Europe in the late 17th and early 18th centuries under the leadership of priests like j. Wesley. EnlightenmentIt,refers to the ideological and cultural movement of the bourgeoisie and the masses against feudalism and the church in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was another anti - feudal ideological liberation movement after the Renaissance.

Albany Plan

Dec 23, 1754

At the Albany conference in Albany, New York, on July 10, 1754, Benjamin Franklin, then a 45-year-old senior leader, and representatives from Pennsylvania proposed the "Albany joint plan," which would establish a unified government for the 13 colonies to govern them.

French-Indian War

Dec 23, 1756

The French and Indian war (1754-63) formed the north American battlefield of the seven years war of 1756-63. It set the colonies of British America against those of new France. The colonies of British America and new France were supported by the armies of their home countries, as well as by their American Indian Allies.

Proclamation of 1763

Dec 23, 1763

The sons of liberty refers to the most common organization of the United States of America in the war against colonialism during the revolutionary war, the radical democratic "sons of liberty" association. American revolutionary war 1775-1783, 13 British colonies in North America opposed British colonial rule, seeking liberation of the revolutionary war. An independent United States of America was born in this war.

New York

Dec 23, 1778

In 1778, the United States moved nantichuk from the Delmarva peninsula to the former Iroquois south of lake Ontario, but they did not stay long. In most cases, they chose to emigrate to Canada and merge with the Iroquois, but some moved west and merged with the lenape. In today's New York, the tribes are mainly haudnosony and Algonquin. Long island was roughly split in half between the wampanoag and lenape peoples.

Great Migration

Dec 6, 1916

The great migration refers to the migration of more than 6 million African americans from the rural south to the cities of the north, Midwest and west from about 1916 to 1970.

Pennsylvania

Dec 12, 1987

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is one of 13 states in the northeastern United States. Pennsylvania is bordered by lake Erie to the northwest, New York to the north and northeast, New Jersey to the east, Delaware to the southeast, Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, and Ohio to the west. On December 12, 1787, the constitution was ratified, making Pennsylvania the second state to join the union.

Connecticut

Dec 23, 2010

Connecticut is the southernmost state in New England in the northeastern United States. Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west and long island sound to the south. Although it is part of New England, part of it is often classified as one of the three states with New York and New Jersey.