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jamestown settled
the first successful english settlement -
mayflower compact
the first set of laws for the good of the settlement -
john locke and carolina's constitution
carolina's attempt at constitutional rights for the state. -
the albany congress
An attempt to unite the colonies. (famous unite or die) -
stamp act
the first serious attempt to control the colonies through taxes on basicly anything that requires a stamp. -
boston massacre
coloists get mad at a few british soldiers and they get into a brawl involving guns. A few deaths occured and there was very little punishment for the killers. -
tea act
a tax on the tea that allows the british to make it so they cannot afford to buy from anyone but them. -
tea party
a group of colonists (believed to be the sons of liberty) rafused to pay for the tea and dumped it in the harbor dressed as indians. -
lexington and concord
the british attack a weapons depot and the colonies fight them off using minute men. They start gathering more people to fight the brits. -
declaration of independance
tomas jefferson's long winded work that basicly says we don't have to loisten to you any longer in around a few hundred words.
