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The columbian exchange was a system of trade routes between the Americas and Europe/Africa. This was significant in history for many reasons, one of which being the flow of goods between continents, spreading different types of crops, spices and religion across the world. However, it also caused many diseases to infect certain areas, especially in the Americas where a lot of Native Americans died because of diseases Christopher Columbus brought over.

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The founding of Jamestown was the founding of the first permanent English settlement in North America, which was founded by the 104 English men who had arrived in North America. This was significant because it marked the first of the English colonization in North America.

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The Mayflower Compact was the first document stating laws for the pilgrims and non pilgrims of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the men aboard the Mayflower, and was significant because it was the first governing document of the new settlers in North America.

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Acts of Trade and Navigation (1651-1660)

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Acts of Trade and Navigation (1651-1660)

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The navigation acts were acts passed with the intention of promoting self-sufficiency of the British Empire. They did this by restricting colonial trade to England and also decreasing the dependence of foreign imported items. This caused increased smuggling to continue inter-colonial trade. This did however help the English economy but not many other economies.

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Salem Witch Trials (February 1692-May 1693)

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Salem Witch Trials (February 1692-May 1693)

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The Salem witch trials were the accusations and burnings/killings of women accused of being witches. The last convicted "witches" name had only been cleared in July of 2022. This was extremely significant because it showed the push back a lot of people had for religions other than Christianity and the lengths they would go to prevent other people from practicing things against their religion.

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Also known as the seven years war, the French and Indian was the war between the French and Native Americans (then called "Indians) and the British colonies in North America. Great Britain won the war and subsequently won a tremendous amount of territory in North America.

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The tea act was a tax on tea made by the Parliament of Great Britain to reduce the large amount of tea that had been held by the financially troubled British East India Company in order to help the company survive. This caused the American colonists to not be able to buy tea from anywhere other than that company, and immediately led to the protest known as the Boston Tea Party.

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The Boston Tea Party was a protest led by the colony of Massachusetts Bay in direct protest to the newly passed Tea act which limited where the American colonies could buy their tea and made it harder to get tea from anywhere but the main British Company. One of the most famous acts preformed by the people in protest was the pushing of tea over the edge of a ship and into the Boston Harbor. They did this while being "disguised" as Mohawk Indians to "avoid" suspicion. The protest led to a series of acts being passed to punish the colony. (see Intolerable Acts)

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Also known as the Coercive Acts, the Intolerable Acts were a series of 4 laws that were passed by the British parliament in the American colonies to punish the colony in Massachusetts Bay for the Protest known as the Boston Tea Party.

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The Quartering Act was an act that stated Great Britain could house their soldiers in the American Barracks and public houses. It also said that the local governments of where the soldiers were staying would have to provide food to the soldiers as well. This made the colonists extremely agitated.

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The Boston massacre was a fight between American colonists on King street and a lone British soldier that later turned into a deadly riot. It led to the death of 5 American colonists, and was one of the last straws for the American colonists and was one of the leading causes for the American Revolution.

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Battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19th, 1775)

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Battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19th, 1775)

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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were two of the leading military actions of the American Revolutionary War. They marked the start of the American War of Independence aka the American Revolution.

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The American Revolution was the fight for American control over their own land and goods, and was a revolution against how controlling the British were being over them. The Americans wanted to be independent from the British. The end of this war was the start of a new independent America.

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Constitution Ratification (December 7, 1787)

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Constitution Ratification (December 7, 1787)

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When the American Constitution was first written, each state had 6 months to vote on the proposed constitution. Delaware was the first state to vote, on December 7th, 1787, and as they voted in favor, they were the first to ratify it. This was the start of the new governmental system of America.

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Articles of Confederation (November 15, 1777)

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Articles of Confederation (November 15, 1777)

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The Articles of Confederation was the first US Constitution. It was in force until 1789, when the present day constitution was put into effect. This was another mark for American Independence.