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First attemted english settlement
Roanoke was the first attempted english colony, but ultimately failed. -
Founding of Jamestown
Jamestown was the first succesful english colony and was founded in what is now Virginia. -
Starving Time
1609-1610: Starving time was a winter in Jamestown were there was food shortages. The population went from around 500 down to 60. -
House Of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the first form of government in Jamestown, it was a representative democracy -
Bacons Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon fought against Governor Sir William Berkley to push the native americans out of Virgina after he refused to do so. -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials was a time in Salem, Massachusets when little girls were being accused of being witches because of strange behavior. This usually ended up with them being hanged unless they accused someone else. -
French and Indian War
This was a 7 year war against the British and the French. Roughly 12,000 people died in the war and it eventually ended with the Treat of Paris of 1763 -
Proclamation of 1763
This was a law that was formed that stated that no colonists could cross the Appalachian Mountains. Colonists would ignore this law and cross over anyways -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a big event in history. It was started by a fight between colonists and british soldiers when one british soldiers gun went off and the rest of the soldiers fired into the crowd, killing 5 colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was led by a group of patriots who snuck on to british ships in the middle of the night and dumped crates of tea overboard into the harbor. This was done as a protest on tax. -
Intolerable Acts
These were a set of acts placed by the British after the Tea Party, which shut down the Boston Harbor which shut down the economy. It also limited civil rights, curfews were imposed, no public gathering were allowed. -
Bunker Hill
This was the deadliest battle of the war. The colonists took control of a hill looking over boston and the british kept pushing the hill until they ran out of ammo. Even though the British eventually one, this served a point that the colonists could keep up with the global superpower of the british army. -
Lexington and Concord
This was a battle between the colonists and british where the british were trying to seize a bunch of weapons in Concord. This was also where the "Shot heard around the world" happened. This was the start of the American Revolutionary War -
Declaration Of Independence
This is when the colonists declared their independence from the British -
Treaty of Paris 1783
This was the ending of the Revolutionary War and it finally recognized the United States Indepedence