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Oct 12, 1492
Colombus Discovers America
On this day, Columbus had discovered America. It is believed that Columbus had been actually looking for india, so when he saw the Native americans there, he had called them indians. -
First permanent english colony made
On this day, 104 men and women landed in the new world and made a colony in what is now Jamestown, Virginia. Jamestown was the first official English colony made in the new world. -
The House of Burgesses
The first representative assembly in America, meets for hte first time in virginia. -
The Plymouth Colony
The Plymouth Colony is established by the Pilgrims. -
The creation of New York
The English Seize New Amsterdam from the Dutch and rename it to New York -
Britain and the British colonies switch from the Julian to the Gregorian Calender
The Britain and British colonies switch their calenders, that's about it -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian war had begun. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed to stop the ongoing 9 year war known to us as the French and Indian War -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was imposed to provide increased revenues to meet the cost of defending the large British empire, who were still taxing them. -
Towshend Acts
The townshend acts were 4 seperate acts which were passed by the british to assert authority over the colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when a british patrol group was threatened at by a mob and the soliders shot and killed 5 civilians. Whether this was a direct order or a misfire or on purpose defying their "leader" is still unknown. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when the colonists got sick of the taxes put on tea and the monopoly of the East India Company, a group of Bostonians boarded a ship and dumbed 10,000 pound worth of tea into Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
These were another series of acts signed in retaliation to the resistance of british rule in the winter -
First Continental Congress Convenes
This congress was called in response to the intolerable acts. -
Patrick Henry's "Give me Liberty or give me death"
On this day, Patrick Henry gave his famous speech about "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" -
Paul Revere's Ride
On this night, Paul Revere "Rode" to Lexington to warn of the approaching British troops and that they were planning to seize the colonial armory in Concord. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Despite being called the battle of bunker hill, majority of the fight took place on breed's hill. The british outnumbered the americans by a long shot as well. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine's Common Sense was published this month as a 50-page pamphlet, this pamphlet was what paved the way for the declaration of independence. -