1607: Founding of Jamestown- First permanent English settlement. It was founded by the Virgina Company sent by the King of England through a charter.
1619: House of Burgesses- It held little power and it marked the beginning of self government in colonial America. Two representatives from each town met with the fovernor of the colony to help solve Jamestown problems.
1620: Mayflower Compact- Before reaching their destionation the pilgrims new they need rules to govern themselves in order to survive, so they wrote the Mayflower Compact. It established a democratic form of government among the settlers of Plymouth. 41 men signed the Mayflower Compact. http://familyhistory.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/compact.jpg
1763: French and Indian War- Great Britain fought a long and expensive war against France known as the French and Indian War. Great Britain won French territory in North America. To cover the costs due to the war the British placed high taxes on American colonies.
1765: Stamp Act- This required colonists to attach expensive tax stamps to all newspapers and legal documents. The purpose of this tax was to help pay for troops stationed in North America. Colonists then resented the British taxes. http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/24800/24821/stamp_act_24821_lg.gif
1766: Declaratory Acts- This stated that Parliament has right to tax and make decisions for American Colonies. The Declaratory Act was passed on the same day the Stamp Act repealed.
1773: Tea Act- The Tea Act gave the British East India Company the right to ship tea to the colonies without paying most of the taxes usually placed on tea. It also allowed the company to bypass colonial merchants and sell right to shopkeepers at low prices.
1773: Boston Tea Party- A group of colonists dressed as Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor to protest further taxes on tea. Because of the protest Parliament passed the Coercive Acts. http://www.voiceoverlord.com/americanteaparty.cc/boston_tea_party_1_lg.gif
1774: Coercive Acts- The Coercive Acts are also known as the Intolerable Acts. This restricted the rights of the colonists such as fair trial. They also allowed British soldiers to search and move into the colonists’ houses.
1774: First Continental Congress- The colonists wrote a letter to King George stating how unfairly he was treating them. Because of the letter King George sent troops to the colonies. It is rumored that a troop shot a colonist and this was known as the Shot Heard Around the World.
1775: Second Continental Congress- Not all Congress members favored independence because they thought that they would never win a war against Great Britian. However in 1776 Thomas Paine inspired many colonists for independence by writing Common Sense.
1775: Revolutionary War- British soldiers and American patriots fought in Lexington Massachusetts. This became the first battle of the Revolutionary War. In 1783 the Treaty of Paris ended the war. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/fifeanddrum.jpg
1776: Declaration of Independence- The Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration on July 4, 1776. American colonies were now independent, so they thought. They didn’t gain complete independence until the war with Great Britain officially ended. http://www.everythingnow.net/themovietimeline/assets/images/USA_declaration_of_independence.jpg
1777: Articles of Confederation- This is known as the first constitution of the United States. It set up a one house legislature in which each state had one vote. The Articles of Confederation established a system ofcooperation between independent states. http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/documents/articles-of-confederation.jpg
1787: Shay’s Rebellion- Daniel Shay, a farmer who had fallen into dept because of high taxes, led an army of about 1,200 farmers when the courts threatened to take away his farm. The rebellion was quickly stopped.
Digital Story of Revolutionary War: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEpSg8LwYQ
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