US History 1600-1799

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    US History, 1600-1799

  • Jamestown Settlement

    Date is approximate

  • First Meeting of the House of Burgesses

  • Establishment of Plymouth Colony in Massachussets

    Before leaving the ship, the male crew drafted the Mayflower Compact--the first form of government

  • End of the French/Indian War

    Ended with the Treaty of Paris

  • Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Meeting of First Continental Congress in Philadelphia

    (Sept. 5–Oct. 26)

  • Beginning of the American Revolution

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Shay's Rebellion

  • Articles of Confederation

    the first US Constitution

  • End of the American Revolution

  • Constitutional Convention & Creation of US Constitution

    May - Sept, 1787

  • Election of George Washington - first US President