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Jamestown, Virginia
The first successful English settlement -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was drawn up with fair and equal laws, for the general good of the settlement and with the will of the majority. -
John Locke
John Locke contributes to the constitution for the Carolina colony -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Congress proposes that the colonies unite. -
Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used -
The Boston Massacre
Boston troops fired into a crowd of citizens and killed 5 people. -
The Tea Act
The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. It was designed to prop up the East India Company which was floundering financially and burdened with eighteen million pounds of unsold tea. -
The Boston Tea Party
Colonist dressed in Mohawks and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to prevent British tax on tea -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
These two battles spark the revolution. -
The Declaratoin od Independence
The declaration was signed proclaiming the new nation