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roanoke
founded on roanoke island off the north carolina coast -
jamestown
first perminant settlement in the new world -
house of burggeses
first represntitave assembly in the new world -
mayflower compact
was an agreement to form a self government -
roger williams
founded providence -
navigation acts
british parrlament passed first navigation act -
william pinn
pinn signed a treaty and made payment for pennsylvania -
witchcraft
alleged witchs were executed "you are a witch" -
great awakening
religious revial began -
poor richards almanac
Benjamin franklen published the first poor richards alamac -
john peter zenger
editor john zenger was acquited of libelin new york city after criticizing the british govenor. -
french and indian war
began when the french occupied duquesne (pitsburgh -
sugar act
placed dutieson lumber foodstuffs molasses and rum in colonies to pay off war debts -
stamp act
britian put taxes on stamps and angered colonists
it was also repealed in 1766 -
quartering act
required colonists to hide british troops -
townshend act
levied taxes on glass painters lead , paper, and tea -
boston massacre
british troops fired into crowd killing 5 includeing crispus attucks -
boston tea party
colonists board bitish ships and throw cargo into the boston harbor -
intolerable acts
closed poston harbor till tea was payed for -
first continental congress
held in phillidelphia called for civil disobedence agianst british. -
patrick henry
give me liberty or give me death -
LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
the shot heard around the world -
commonn sense
a famous pro-independence pamphlet -
declaration of independence
it was approved on july 4th -
articles of confedaration
saratoga -
jpj
john paul jones deafeted the serapis -
yorktown
cprnwallis retired to cornwallis -
paris peace treaty
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george washington
chosen president by all e;ectors -
bill of rights
submitted to states -
cotton gin
eli whitney invented the cotton gin -
washingtons farewell address
delivered sept 17 warned agianst alliances -
lewis and clark
lewis and clark explore northwest -
steamboat
robert fulton made first practical steamboat -
war of 1812
was a war that was caused by 3 main reasons
britian captured french tradeships
britian captured 4000 saylors by 1810