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Founding of Jamestown
The very first settlement in America, Jamestown was colonized by Christopher Newport for the purpose of religious freedom and a new beginning. The spread of diseases as well as the multiple massacres wiped out entire communities of Native Americans that ultimately destroyed a culture entirely. -
House of Burgesses
When the Virginia Company wanted to encourage English craftsmen to settle in North America, they led the first assembly of elected representatives of English colonists in North America. This established the full influnce of Great Britain on the American colonies. -
Founding of Plymouth Colony and Mayflower Compact
When a group of seperatists sought religious freedom in The New World, they founded a colony that laid the path for American religious freedom. -
Founding of Massachusetts Bay
When the King of England was oppressing Puritans for their religion, they set off to New England to ensure themselves religious freedom. Founded by the owners of the Massachusetts Bay Company, the colony was based on religious freedom but eventually led up to being a religion intolerant settlement that greatly implemented the congregation of church and state. -
Pequot War
After The Pequot Tribe attacked an opposing tribes trade attempt, the English settlers lead an armed conflict against the Pequot. The war killed off about 700 natives as well as initiate conflicts between several indigenous tribes. -
King Philip's War
After the colonists refused to stop buying land and making new settlements, King Philip of the Pokanoket took action and lead an armed conflict against the expanding Puritan population. -
Bacon's Rebellion
When close to a thousand Virginians lead the first rebellion in The American colonies against governor William Berkeley, Jamestown was eventually burned to the ground. This outbreak was the first of many domestic struggles within The United States. -
Salem Witch Trials
In colonial Massachusetts, when a multitude of people displayed signs of witchcraft, a series of court cases and hearings were conducted in a variety of towns across Salem Village. -
French and Indian War
When the colonies of Great Britain and New France engaged in a regional affair over territory, Great Britain and France got involved and escalated the affair into a world-wide conflict. -
Quartering Acts
When 1,500 British troops arrived at New York City in 1765, the colonists refused to comply with the Quartering Act and did not supply housing for the troops. -
Stamp Act
When the British government felt the need to fund their troops stationed in the colonies, they imposed a tax on the colonists. The act required that printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper (produced in London). -
Boston Massacre
After a mob of colonist protestors began throwing objects and verbally harassing a group of British soldiers, they opened fire on the colonists, foreshadowing the outbreak of the American Revolution that would take place five years later. -
Tea Act
After North American colonies were able to smuggle cheap tea, Great Britain passed a tax that would reduce the massive surplus of tea held by British East India Company. This was supposed to convince the colonists to purchase Company tea and to agree on accepting Parliament's right of taxation. -
Boston Tea Party
When the Birtish government passed a tax policy that would control all the tea imprted into the colonies, The Sons of Liberty destroyed and dumped out all the tea of a taxed shipload into the Boston harbor. This sparked a rebellion against Great Britain that would lead to the American Revolution. -
Intolerable Acts
Following the rebellion known as the Boston Tea Party, Great Britain responded with a series of laws that oppressed the American Colonies and further agitated the American Revolution. -
Lexington and Concord
When 700 British troops were sent to destroy colonists military supplies, the situation escalated into the first military engagement of the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
The declaration of independence declared the Independence of the 13 American Colonies from Great Britain. The document was originally drafted by Thomas Jefferson, and was then edited by an elected committee. -
Texas Independece
After years of increasing American influence inside Texas, the once dominantly Mexican Territory, American colonists declared Texas' independence from Mexico. A war between the two nations is in the near future. -
Mexican American War
This war stemmed from the United States' annexation of Texas in 1845, and a dispute over where exactly Texas would end. The war was settled by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which allowed the U.S. to purchase Texas, along with several other areas of land, including California. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This treaty served as a peace treaty for the Mexican- American war. the U.S. gained the Rio Grande boundary for Texas, ownership of California, and a large sum of land compromising of New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. -
Spanish American War
After the American intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence, the United States and Spain engaged in armed conflict that lasted for 3 months.
