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Growth of the 13 colonies
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1st House Of Burgesses meeting
Jamestown colonists held the 1st House of Burgesses meeting -
Mayflower Compact
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Massachusetts Bay
John Winthrop led settlers to Massachusetts Bay -
Roger Williams
Roger Williams forced out of Massachusetts -
Thomas Hooker
Thomas Hooker founded the town of Hartford in Connecticut -
Fundemental Orders
Conneticut colonists drafted the Fundemental Orders -
Act of Toleration
MAralynd colonists were guarenteed religious by The Act of Toleration. -
Peter Styvesent
Peter Styvesent Surrendered the Dutch Colony -
Building of Philidelphia
William Penn supervised the building of Philidelphia -
French retake Port Royal
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King Williams War
The first of the French and Indian Wars(1689-97), King William's War was the name used in the English colonies in America to refer to the North American theater of the Nine Years' War, also known as the War of the Grand Alliance, War of League of Augsburg. It was fought between England, France, and their respective American Indian allies in the colonies of Canada (New France), Acadia, and New England. It was also known as the Second Indian War (the first having been King Philip's War. -
Charter of Liberties
Charter of Liberties permitted colonists in Pennsylvania to elect legislative representatives -
Queen Anne's War
Queen Anne's War (1702–1713), as the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession was known in the British colonies, was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought between France and England, later Great Britain in North America for control of the continent. The War of the Spanish Succession was primarily fought in Europe. In addition to the two main combatants, the war also involved numerous Native American tribes. -
Port Royal and Acadia
Port Royal and Acadia fall to the British -
Iroquois Confederacy
The most powerful group of Native Americans in the East -
Louisbourg Fortress
British take French fortess at Louisbourg -
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle returns Louisbourg to France -
French And Indian War
The French and Indian War is the common American name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. In 1756, the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of that war. In Canada, it is usually just referred to as the Seven Years' War, although French Canadians often call it La guerre de la Conquête ("The War of Conquest"). -
King George's War
King George's War (1744–1748) is the name given to the operations in North America that formed part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748). It was the third of the four French and Indian Wars. It took place primarily in the British provinces of New York, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, and Nova Scotia. Its only successful large-scale action was a major expedition organized by Massachusetts Governor William Shirley that successfully besieged the French fortress of Louisbourg in 1745.
