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Roanoke - England's 1st attempt to colonize N. America
1584-1590 Sir Walter Raleigh starts and fails with England's 1st attempt to colonize N. America. The colony disappears. -
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English Colonial Period
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Jamestown founded
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Virginia Colony's 1st tobacco crop is harvested
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1st African Slaves Arrive in Jamestown
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Plymouth Colony is founded
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Bacon's Rebellion begins in Virginia Colony
Bacon's Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 - 1677 against American Indians and the colonial government in Virginia. It was led by Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy 29-year-old planter, in opposition to the Governor of Virginia, Sir William Berkeley. They believed that the Governor of Virginia was not providing adequate protection from Indians, giving special privileges to his favorites and depriving the freemen of their rights. Bacon's Rebellion was the first rebellion in the American colonies. -
Georgia, last of the 13 colonies, is established
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The 1st Great Awakening begins
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the French & Indian War begins
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Proclamation of 1763
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Pontiac's Rebellion
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Revolution
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Sugar Act
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Stamp Act
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Boston Massacre
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Tea Act
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Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
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1st Continental Congress
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Battle of Lexington & Concord
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Printing of "Common Sense"
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2nd Continental Congress
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US Early Nationhood
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Declaration of Independence
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Treaty of Paris 1783
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War of 1812 begins
The War of 1812, a war between the United States, Great Britain, and Britain's Indian allies, lasted from 1812 to 1815. -
Treaty of Ghent, War of 1812 ends
The War of 1812 ended in a stalemate. The treaty of Ghent signed on December 24, 1814 returned all territorial conquests made by the two sides. It did not address the issue of impressment, one of the major causes of the war. -
A. Lincoln elected President
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Battle of Ft. Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War.