History timeline

By Codie Simms
  • Period: 1492 to

    America timeline

  • first African Americans brought as slaves

    first African Americans brought as slaves

    The first slaves that were brought to America helped innovate plantation farminf
  • the first successful tobacco crop was grown

    the first successful tobacco crop was grown

    The first making of the new cash crop of America
  • jamestown was settled

    jamestown was settled

    when people first colonized Jamestown
  • The Virginia house of Burgesses

    The Virginia house of Burgesses

    The Virginia house of Burgesses was created to have the first legislative assembly
  • pilgrims arrive at Plymouth on Mayflower

    pilgrims arrive at Plymouth on Mayflower

    The pilgrims travel to America and settle the Plymouth region
  • Bacon's rebellion occured

    Bacon's rebellion occured

  • John locke established natural rights l

    John locke established natural rights l

    He wrote that people had 3 rights life liberty and property
  • Salem witch trials

    Salem witch trials

    The Salem witch trial was a event where people were wrongly persecuted as witches and were tested.
  • Great Awakening

    Great Awakening

    religious revival that swept Protestant Europe and British America in the 1730s and 1740s.
  • The french and indian war ended

    The french and indian war ended

    The war with France and the natives fighting against the British and the french lost
  • proclamation of 1763

    proclamation of 1763

    In an attempt to prevent similar incidents from occurring, King George III issued a royal proclamation on October 7, 1763,
  • the stamp act

    the stamp act

    American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
  • Boston massacre

    Boston massacre

    People were shot in Boston one of the key factors in American Revolution
  • The Boston teaparty

    The Boston teaparty

    When they dumped tea off the incoming ships to rebel against the kings taxes
  • the first continental congress was born

    the first continental congress was born

    the first establishment of government in America
  • the second Continental congress met in philidelphia

    the second Continental congress met in philidelphia

    The Second Continental Congress met as agreed on May 5, 1775.
  • Patrick henery said give me liberty or give me death

    Patrick henery said give me liberty or give me death

    He used the famous words give me liberty or give me death
  • Battle of lexington and concord was fought

    Battle of lexington and concord was fought

    One of the great battles of the American revolution
  • John Marshall became chief of justice

    John Marshall became chief of justice

    He was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States
  • Declaration of independence was written

    Declaration of independence was written

    The declaration of independence was the written contract that separated us from Britain
  • Thomas paine wrote common sense

    Thomas paine wrote common sense

    he wanted people to fight away from Britain and make America Independent
  • American colonies gained independence from britain

    American colonies gained independence from britain

    we gained independence from Britain
  • Virginia declaration of rights

    Virginia declaration of rights

    The Declaration was adopted unanimously by the Fifth Virginia Convention at Williamsburg
  • Thomas Jefferson wrote the Virginia statute for religious freedome

    Thomas Jefferson wrote the Virginia statute for religious freedome

    It gave us rights to religious freedom
  • The battle of saratoga

    The battle of saratoga

    The biggest turning point in the American Revolution
  • The Articles of Confederation was established

    The Articles of Confederation was established

    Constitution of the united states of America
  • Ben Franklin negotiated the treaty of alliances

    Ben Franklin negotiated the treaty of alliances

  • The constitution was ratified

    The constitution was ratified

    The America constitution was made to give us rights that couldn't be taken away
  • Virginia and New Jersey were proposed and constitutional convention

    Virginia and New Jersey were proposed and constitutional convention

  • George Washington became first president

    George Washington became first president

    He was the first president after American Revolution
  • Roger Williams settles in Rhode Island

    Roger Williams settles in Rhode Island

  • Bill of rights was added to constitution

    Bill of rights was added to constitution

    The bill of rights gives us certain unalienable rights
  • Marbury v. Madison taken by supreme court

    Marbury v. Madison taken by supreme court

    landmark case by the United States Supreme Court which forms the basis for the exercise of judicial review