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1607
Jamestown, Virginia- the first successful English colony founded-descendants of these colonies make up a portion of today's population. -
Plymouth
Puritans created The Plymouth Colony which later became
Massachusetts. Plymouth was the second permanent British settlement in North America and the first one in New England. Starting the way towards America growing to what it is today -
Rhode island colony
Roger Williams left Massachusetts and founded a colony
in Rhode Island, it followed principles of religious freedom and separation of church and state. Which sparked other places adopting religious freedom and separation of curch and state which avoiding a lot of bias and freedom for the people -
13 Colonies
By 1733, the first 13 colonies were settled in America. which were setting stones for Americas growth -
England's control
The end of the Sever Years' War in 1763 resulted in England having control of Canada and all of North America east of Mississippi -
Boston Tea Party
In 1773 a group of patriots dumped 342 crates of tea into the ocean in retaliation for everything being taxed for imports now untaxed, besides tea. Which was named The Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
The first continental congress was held regarding the colonies' opposition to British rule. -
Revolutionary War
War broke out in 1775 because British soldiers confronted rebels in Lexington. This war lead to independence for amercia -
Independence
The continental congress adopted the delectation of independence freeing them from British rule. gaining independence and becoming our own government -
The Turning Point
The turning point in the war came in 1777 when American soldiers defeated the British Army in New York. -
Finial Major Battle
The last major battle of the American Revolution took place at Yorktown, Virginia, the combined force of American and French troops cornered the British forcing their surrender. -
Official Independence
1783 is when America was recognized by the British as an independent country. making us completely free of British rule. -
Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson became the third president of the US in 1801 -
Louisiana purchase
in 1801 Jefferson went through with the Louisiana purchase adding 2 million square miles of land to the us -
Outsider
In 1828 Andrew Jackson became the first "outsider" elected
president.