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U.S. History
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Virginia colony founded
Tobacco was plentiful here, and swarmed with people of the Church of England. The people that disagreed with the Church of England moved farther South. John Smith founded this colony in 1607 mainly for tradeing and profits. -
New York founded
New York is founded in 1623 after being taken over from the Dutch. It was origanilly New Amsterdam. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony founded
In 1630, John Winthrop came to the new world and established a colony. -
Maryland founded
Maryland was another haven for ALL religous groups.(Except Jews or people that didn't believe in god.) Founded by Sir Calvert Lord of Baltimore and his son Cecil Calvert in 1632, indentured servants were also plentiful here. -
Connecticut
in 1636, a puritan named Thomas Hooker created his own Puritan colony, where their were different rules. -
Rhode Island founded
Roger Williams is kicked out of Massachusetts Bay and then he buys land from Native Americans and founds a colony -
Delaware
Delaware was founded by the Dutch, then taken over by the Sweedish, then many European settlers were killed off by American Indians, then the colonists moved to Delaware. William Penn couldn't govern both Delaware and Pennsylvania and Delaware, so it finally became a colony. -
New Jersey
New Jersey was founded in 1660 by England in general. They hoped more people would come if they made it more attractive. England made the colony so that the people could appoint a governer, and religous groups were free there -
The Carolina's are founded
The Carolinas were a great source of money as you could go their and raise lots of cash crops. It was also a haven for different religous groups. The founders of the Carolinas colony were the Lord proprietors. -
Pennslyvania
Pennslyvania was founded specifically for Quakers, It was founded by William Penn. The King of England owed his father money, and Penn was a quaker, so the King wanted to get rid of Penn anyway, -
Plymouth Colony
The Plymouth colony was given a name (Plymouth) by John White because the sailors that came their set sail from the port of Plymouth back in England. -
Georgia
Georgia was founded in 1732 by a man named James Oglethorp. His colony ensured that anyone living in it would have been free of British obstruction/jail. -
French and Indian War begins
This fight included multiple Indian tribes, French, British, and the future American colonists. -
The reason the French and Indian War was fought
The main reason why the French and Idian War was fought was because the British wanted the French's land. -
What importance did the French and Indian war have for setting the stage for the Revolution?
The French and Indian war set the stage for the American Revolution because when the colonists fought alongside the British, they united once they won, because people from most of the 13 colonies fought altogether with the British army. -
The French and Indians lose the war
In 1763, the French and Indians lose the French and Indian war to the British and colonists -
The Treaty of Paris is signed
The Treaty of Paris is signed, and that marks the end of the French and Indian War. -
The first tax acts were enforced upon the colonies
The first acts, the Sugar act and Currency act, were enforced upon the colonists in 1764. -
Stamp Act is passed by British Parliament
The Britsh Parliament passes the Stamp Act of 1765 on the colonies. -
Declaratory Acts passed
In 1766, the Declaratory Acts were passed to show the colonists that Britian had the right to pass taxes. -
Townshend Acts are passed upon the colonies
A person named Charles Townshend origanated these acts, while British Parliament passed them shirtly after the Stamp act was reppealed. -
Boston Massacre
In 1770, a mob of Boston colonists were fired upon in front of a customs house, by the British. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party occured in 1773, when the American colonists dumped around 345 boxes of tea out into Boston Harbour! -
The Tea Act is passed
on 1773, the British passed the widely known and infamous Tea Act. -
Coercive Acts passed
In 1774, the Coecive acts were passed, and most of them were in response to the Boston Tea Party. -
Olive Branch Petition
John Dickinson drafted the Olive Branch Petition, then the Second Continental Congress submitted it to King George in an attept to tell him that they had equal rights, hile they would also be loyal to him. -
Jefferson creates the Declaration of Independence
The former president of the colonies, Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence to show Great Britian that the Americans would not be part of Great Britain any longer. -
George Washington
On Feb. 4th of 1789, Congress elected George washington as the
1st president of the 13 Colony's.
