3.12-Foundations--Timeline Assignment

  • Jun 15, 1215

    The Magna Carta

    It influenced the American colonists in the 13 colonies in forming the American Constitution.
  • Jamestown Settlement

    Jamestown Settlement
    This was when America was founded.
  • Popham Colony settlement.

    Popham Colony settlement.
    This is when America expanded more into what it is today. There isn't an exact date it was founded but there is a year. I will have a random date.
  • Kingston New York was founded

    The us was expanding fast and this is one of many settlements in the 1600's. There isn't an exact date so I will use a random one.
  • 1651 Navigation Act

    1651 Navigation Act
    This act was to stop goods from shipping from the Dutch. All of the Navigation Acts helped in pushing the Rebellion along.
  • The 1663 Navigation Act

    This Act made it so that everything shipped to America had to come through England to be Taxed and inspected. I couldn't find an exact date so I will say it was with the previous act
  • The Navigation act of 1673

    This act was to close lop holes so Americans couldn't find ways around it. This only made them more mad. I couldn't find any exact dates so I used the last Navigation Acts date.
  • The Navigation act of 1696

    This was to increase the taxes and to close more loopholes. I couldn't find any exact dates so I used the last Navigation acts date.
  • King George's war

    this was part of the seven years war, this was for territory.
  • King Georges War ended

    This is when King Gorges War ended and allowed England to have more land.
  • The Sugar Act

    The British put taxes on sugar and molasses to get more money.
  • The Stamp Act

    Brittan put taxes on stamps and for even more money.
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts
    Brittan started to tax glass, lead, paints, and paper to get more money and to prove that they were of a higher power then the Colonies.
  • The Navigation Act of 1773

    This act was to increase the amount of taxed goods and to close even more loopholes. I couldn't find any exact dates so I used the last Acts date.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The colonies didn't want to pay taxes on tea so the English wanted it shipped back but the colonies threw it all into the ocean.
  • The Declaration of Sentiments

    The Declaration of Sentiments
    This was a document that we sent to King George the third to stop the acts like the Stamp Act. It said that if we where taxed it was unconstitutional.
  • The first shots of the Revolutionary War

    This was the day that the Revolutionary War started. This war would change the course of the United States of America.
  • George Washington

    George Washington
    George Washington became the head of the continental army.
  • Declairation of Rights

    Declairation of Rights
    This is the document that Thomas Jefferson used a lot of in making the Declaration of Independence.
  • Declaration Of Independence

    Declaration Of Independence
    This was the day that would change the curse of America again for the better.
  • The Articles of Confederation were Created

    People got worried about having almost no power over a government that was far away so they made something that gives each state their own breathing room to have more independence from the others.
  • The last battle of the American Revolutionary War

    On September 3rd 1783 the battle of York Town took place ending the Revolutionary War.
  • The Treaty of Paris was signed

    The Treaty of Paris was signed
    This treaty made it official that we where a independent country
  • Shays Rebelion

    Shays Rebelion
    Because of Brittan's taxes people started to rebel like in the Boston Tea Party.
  • The Constitution was signed

    The Constitution was signed
    This was the day that the U.S. Constitution was signed.