Crystal bridges

The Expanding Notion of Freedom

By MagDud
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    Time Period

  • Founding of Jamestown

    Founding of Jamestown
    A group of English colonist came to the New World and start to explore on their own.

  • The Headright System Develped

    The London Company gave 50 acres of land to colonists who paid their own way to Virginia.

  • The Mayflower Compact

    The Mayflower Compact
    The Pilgrims made the Mayflower Compact which was a legal document establishing their own government. Image found:
    www.ncmayflower.org

  • Massachusetts Bay Colony

    The second colony to be established. More colonists are taking a step towards personal freedom.

  • New Netherlands (New York) Settled

    Settled by the Dutch, but the King of England gave the land to his brother and the Dutch left.

  • Massachusetts Bay Company Formed

    More colonists are settling and ways of independant wealth are being created.

  • The Great Migration

    Thousands of English move to the Americas between 1630 and 1640. This is a sign of a greater request for freedom.

  • Maryland Colony

  • Connecticut Colony

    Connecticut was settled.

  • Rhode Island

    Signs of defiance are shown and the Colonists make their own decision to kick Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson out of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

  • Portsmouth Settled

  • Delaware Colony

    Delaware Colony was settled.

  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    Three settlements merged and wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut which is referred to as the First Constitution of the United States.

  • 1st Navigation Act

    The colonies represent a lucrative source of wealth and trade

  • Carolina Colony

    Carolina Colony was settled.

  • New Jersey Colony

    New Jersey Colony was settled.

  • Salutary Neglect

    This gives the colonies freedom in their tradings.

  • The Plantaion Duty Act

    The Plantaion Act was created.

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Bacon's Rebellion
    Uprising agaist colonial goverment. This is a sign of people rebelling, claiming they have a say in what happens. Image found:
    staffordcountymuseum.com

  • New Hampshire

    New Hampshire was settled.

  • Pennsylvania Colony

    Was settled.

  • The Dominion of New England

    The Dominion of New England was created.

  • The French/ Indian War

    The French/ Indian War begins. The colonist fight for the land they now see as theirs.

  • The Gloriious Revoulution

    The Gloriious Revoulution
    The The English Bill of Rights which enables Parliament to control laws and taxes is created. This created riots in the Colonies. They blantantly defy England, and re-establish their own governments. Image found:
    imgarcade.com

  • New Jersey Splits

  • Verbalize difference between British and English

    The Union between England and Scotland created the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain' and the term British, as opposed to English, is then used in reference to the colonists in North America

  • Georgia

    is settled.

  • Stamp Act and Riots

    Stamp Act and Riots
    Stamp Act and Riots hit all 13 colonies. Image found:
    beforehistory.com

  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution
    The American Revolution Image found:
    www.valdosta.edu

  • The Coloniest declare Independace

    The Coloniest declare Independace
    The Coloniest declare Independace from Britian. Image from:
    photos8.com

  • Kindred Spirits

    Kindred Spirits
    Kindred Spirits was painted by Asher Brown Durand. Image from:
    crystalbridgescollection.com

  • Home by the Lake

    Home by the Lake
    Home by the Lake was painted by Frederic Edwin Church. Image from:
    crystalbridgescollection.com

  • Stone City Landscape

    Stone City Landscape
    Stone City Landscape was painted by Marvin Dorwart Cone. Image from:
    crystalbridgescollection.com