Growth of The Thirteen Colonies (Jordan k and rodney d)

Growth of The 13 Colonies

Period: Nov 17, 1600 to Nov 17, 1770

First House of Burgesses Meeting was Held

Nov 18, 1619

first met in 1619 in the Jamestown church. buisness included the passage of several bills, including laws regulating church attendance.

pilgrims came to the americas

Nov 21, 1620

Separatists came to the Americas on the Mayflower ship. they wanted to get away from the anglican church because they were being prosicuted.

John Winthrop led settlers to Massachutes Bay

Mar 26, 1630

Winthrop led the first large group of migrants from England in 1630, and served as governor for 12 of the colony's first 20 years of existence.

Roger Williams Was Forced Out Of Massachutes Bay

Nov 18, 1635

Roger Williams Was Forced Out Of Massachutes Bay in 1635

Thomas Hooker Founded the Town of Hartford Connecticut

Nov 18, 1636

Thomas Hooker Founded the Town of Hartford Connecticut in 1636

Navigation Acts

Dec 1, 1651

The English Navigation Acts were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies, a process which had started in 1651.

King William's war

Nov 21, 1689

King William’s War was the first in a series of colonial conflicts between France and England for supremacy in North America.

Queen Anne's war

Nov 21, 1701

Queen Anne's War was the American counterpart of the European "War of the Spanish Succession," Which was fought between 1701 and 1714.

The Great Awakening

Dec 1, 1720

Great Awakening is a period of religious revival in American religious history.

The Iroquis Confederacy

Nov 22, 1722

It included five nations the Mowhawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Oneida.

John Peter Zenger Trial

Aug 5, 1735

German immigrant printer named John Peter Zenger. On August 5, 1735, twelve New York jurors, inspired by the help of the best lawyer of the period.

French and Indian war

Nov 21, 1754

the French and Indian war was a war between Great Britian and France in North America.{aka the seven year war} The result was tentions leading to the revelutionary war.

Albany Plan of Union

Nov 22, 1754

Ben Franklin made the Albany plan of union for united colonial government for eleven of the american colonies. Witch was divided into the 13 colonies

Pontiac's War

Nov 22, 1763

Pontiac, chief of an Ottwawa near Detriot gathered fources to attack British and started the Pontiac war.

Proclamation of 1763

Nov 22, 1763

Proclamation of 1763 set the Appalacian mountians as a temprary western border for the colonists.