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Virginia Colony
The first English colony in the New World was founded by John Smith at Jamestown. It was named after Queen Elizabeth I, also known as 'Virgin Queen'. -
Plymouth Colony
The Pilgrims founded the second colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts and established the Mayflower Compact -
First Quakers
Ann Austin and Mary Fisher are the first two Quakers to arrive in New England. The two were strip searched, accused of witchcraft, jailed, deprived of food, and were forced to leave Boston. Puritan leaders did not have much tolerance for people of other religions. -
Philadelphia
William Penn, an English Quaker, founded the city in 1682 to serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony.
This is where the Founding Fathers of the United States will later sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776. -
The Salem Witch Trials
The Salem witch trials began with hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. -
Queen Anne's War
Queen Anne's War was the second major French and Indian war fought between France and Great Britain to rule America. -
Stamp Act
The Parliament of Great Britain passed this Stamp Act that required all legal documents, permits, commercial contracts, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards in the American colonies to carry a tax stamp. -
Boston Massacre
A deadly riot that began as a street brawl between a single American colonists and a British soldier and ended in bloody slaughter of five civilian men and many more injured. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 12 different colonies sent representatives to this meeting to decide how to respond to the Intolerable Acts that followed the Boston Tea Party. -
Revolutionary War
The colonists fought against Great Britain because of the unfair government practices and won their independence and became the United States of America.
