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1783 BCE
Treaty of paris
The Treaty of paris is when Britain ended war with the 13 colonies and recognized americas independence -
1767 BCE
Townshend Acts
The Townshend acts named after Charles Towshend, Chancellor Of Exchequer, was passed to raise taxes on the colonies even more to increase the payroll of English appointed, governors, judges and other officials -
1765 BCE
Stamp Act
This act was not really an act. it was huge tax that britian put on the colonies that put taxes on almost all items that were used for survival or used on a regular basis -
1756 BCE
French and Indian War
This war otherwise known as the seven years war was over frances expansion of the ohio river valley and repeated conflicts with english settlements. These conflicts lead to Britian declaring war -
1714 BCE
The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a period of intellectual ferment which lead to the creation of the republic in america. it took scientific principles and applied them to politics. it promoted religious tolerance in the new world -
1700 BCE
The Great Awakening
this was a spiritual revival where christians began to move away from orthodox worship, and took a whole new stance on prayer. This stance included more emotion involving prayer and worship. This revival swept across early america and shaped modern christianity. -
1676 BCE
Nathaniel Bacon’s Rebellion
bacons rebellion was a violent revolt against the governor william berkley. bacons beef with berkley was that he was intentionally leaving him out of the exploration of the west and trading with the native americans -
1640 BCE
Puritan Migration
The puritans were an even smaller sect of the separatists who believed that the church had steered away from its routs. so they migrated off -
1620 BCE
Pilgrims come on the Mayflower
The mayflower was a ship carrying about 102 English separatist (Pilgrims) to america. This name has become iconic due the tails of trials with cold weather, famine, and early contact with native americans -
1619 BCE
House of Burgesses
House of Burgesses was english legislature that attempted to get english tradesmen to settle in the new world. This government was controlled by a king appointed governor, who obtained control over the citizens, but also gave more liberties in england. -
1609 BCE
Salutary Neglect
Salutary Neglect was when england basically turned the other way to whatever the colonies were doing in america so they would flourish -
1600 BCE
Protestant Reformation
The reformation was initiated by martin luther in the 1600s and was an attack on the roman catholic church and there unfair ways of not letting average citizens read the bible and making them pay for salvation -
1497 BCE
John Cabot explores North America
in 1497 John Cabot sailed in may and hit land in late june, the exact location of his arrival is unknown, but he went back to england to report his success and on his second trio he died in a shipwreck -
1492 BCE
Christopher Columbus discovers America
we all know the saying, "in 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." and this true but he didn't discover what we know as modern america, he discovered El Salvador -
1215 BCE
The Magna Carta
The Magna Carta was signed to disable complete control of the tyrannical monarchy of England and gave the elite classes more liberties -
1066 BCE
William of Normandy Conquers England
in 1066 William the Conqoruer invaded new england after king edwaard died -
1000 BCE
Vikings land in america
It is believed the Leif Ericson, son of eric the red, landed in america in 1000 AD -
Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
Early America to the revolutionary war
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Jamestown, VA
On this date the The Virginia Company started the first permanent english settlement in north america with about 100 people. Famine and cold weather hit the people hard, and this mixed with poorly prepared people lead to a lot of death -
Proclamation of 1763
Written by King George, this proclamation prohibited anymore french exploration westward and put down a line of demarcation -
Boston “Massacre”
Colonists gathered at the Customs house and were taunting British soldiers and protesting the unfair occupation of america especially having to provide soldiers with housing without a choice. a soldier was hit with a rock and he accidentally fired and the rest of the soldiers fired and 5 colonist were killed. Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, and James Caldwell -
Boston Tea Party
This was a protest by the sons of liberty in boston. this protest was a response to the east india tea company marking up the price of tea and then forcing the citizens to buy it. The sons of liberty went on the boat, and threw crates and crates of valuable tea into the boston harbor. -
First Continental Congress
This was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies in response to the coercive acts (the intolerable acts). this meeting was for punishing massichusets for the boston tea party -
Second Continental Congress
This was when all 13 colonies met and discussed independence and raised armies and gathered funds to declare independence from Britain July 4th 1776 -
Declaration of Independence
When america claimed to be independent from Britain
