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Period: Jan 1, 1215 to
U.S. History TAKS Timeline
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Apr 14, 1215
magna carta
grants granted to nobles and freemans -
roanoke
the colony roanoke (the lost colony) was built in 1585, founded by Sir walter raleigh. was the first attempted colony -
jamestown
first permanant english colony in america -
house of burgesses
first representative assembely -
mayflower compact
103 passangers aboard the mayflower signed this to form a self government -
Rhode island
Rodger willians founded the province of rhode island -
navigation acts
british parliament passed first navigation act -
bacons rebellion
nathaniel bacon led planters on a rebelllion -
pennsylvania
william penn founded pennsylvania -
witchcraft delusion
anyone accused of being a witch would be killed -
great awakening
was a religous movement -
poor richards almanac
first almanac -
zenger trial
established freedome of speech -
french and indian war
started when british ocupied ft. duquesne -
sugar act
put a high tax on sugar -
stamp act
required a stamp to be put on anything that was to be mailed -
quartering act
required colonists to house british troops -
townshend act
put taxes on glass, painters lead, paper and tea -
boston masacre
british troops fired at colonists that were rioting at them -
boston tea party
colonists dressed as indians boarded english ships and dumped tea into the river -
intolerable acts
a punnishment for the boston masacre -
first contenintal congress
called for cival disobedience -
first continental congress
called for civil disobedience from british -
patrick henry
he addressed the virginia convention and said "give me librity or give me death" -
midnight ride
paul revere rode to warn the patriots that the british were coming -
lexington and concord
first battles of the revolution -
common sense
written by thomas paine to say that the u.s. needs to go to war -
decleration of independence
stated u.s.'s freedome from britian -
battle of saratoga
changed the direction of the war -
articles of confederation
adopted by contenintal congress -
john paul jones
defeated serapis in british north waters -
battle of yorktown
general cornwallis surrendered at yorktown -
paris peace treaty
regonised the independence of the u.s.