What Led to This 0/1 Varma R/Krishnamurthy R

By HawtDawgz
  • Jan 1, 1215

    The Magna Carta was signed

    a. This made the monarch's power limited
  • Jan 1, 1400

    Native Americans live in ten major cultural regions in Mexico

    a. Two major cultural regions are the Northwest Coast and California

  • First permanent English colony was established

    a. The name of the colony was Virginia
    b. The group of merchants that formed it were called the London Company

  • African slaves were first brought to America

    a. The slaves were brought to help out on the tabacco farms

  • Mayflower Compact was signed

    a. The purpose was that the Pilgrims would be able to govern themselves

  • First Thanksgiving was celebrated

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    Thursday, November 26 1789 was the first proclaimed and national Thanksgiving

  • America's first law guaranteeing religious liberty passed

    a. It was called the Act Concerning Religion

  • English took control of New Netherland

    a. It was later renamed as New York

  • Fear of witchcraft began

  • Enslaved Africans were living in every colony

  • First Great Awakening began

    a:It was started because there was a feeling that people had lost religious faith.

  • 13 colonies were established

  • King Gearge III was crowned

  • Quartering Act was passed

    a. It required that British troops had to have a house

  • Prime Minister George Grenville proposed the Stamp Act

    a:Colonists had to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used

  • The Townshend Acts were passed

    a:It required tax on certain goods the colonies imported from Britain.

  • Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts

  • First Continental Congress met

    First Continental Congress
    It was held from Sept. 5 to Oct 26 1776

  • Paul Revere warned colonists about the British

  • Revolutionary War began

  • Second Continental Congress first met

    Second Continental Congress
    The Congress pleaded with King George to attempt peaceful resolution, but King George declared them in a state of rebellion.

  • British surrendered to American troops

    a. The French had become an ally to the war

  • "Common Sense" was published

    a:Thomas Paine wrote the pamphlet

  • Declaration of Independence was signed

  • Treaty of Paris was signed

    a. One effect of this treaty was that it recognized US as an independent nation.