us history taks timeline

By austin raddohl

  • 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    it was also repealed in 1766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

  • 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