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Iroquois Confederation Forms (1570)

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How Did A Whole Village Disappear? (The Lost Colony of Roanoke Mystery)

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In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was name

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In late August, 1619, 20-30 enslaved Africans landed at Point Comfort, today's Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va., aboard the English privateer ship White Lion.

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The first Africans arrive in Virginia (1619)

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The first Africans arrive in Virginia (1619)

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The Mayflower arrived in Plymouth Harbor in 1620, after first stopping near today's Provincetown. According to oral tradition, Plymouth Rock was the site where 

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The Great Awakening was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s. The movement came at a time when the idea of secular rationalism was being emphasized, and passion for religion had grown stale. ... The result was a renewed dedication toward religion.

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The Seven Years' War ended with the signing of the treaties of Hubertusburg and Paris in February 1763. In the Treaty of Paris, France lost all claims to Canada and gave Louisiana to Spain, while Britain received Spanish Florida, Upper Canada, and various French holdings overseas.

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The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. ... The issues of taxation and representation raised by the Stamp Act strained relations with the colonies to the point that, 10 years later, the colonists rose in armed rebellion against the British.

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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor.

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The Coercive Acts of 1774, known as the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. ... Parliament passed the bill on March 31, 1774, and King George III gave it royal assent on May 20th.

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Battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)

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Battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)

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The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). ... On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache.

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Second Continental Congress Begins (May 10, 1775)

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Second Continental Congress Begins (May 10, 1775)

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On May 10, 1775, Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold lead a successful attack on Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York, while the Second Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Congress faced the task of conducting a war already in progress.

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Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost during the Siege of Boston (April 1775-March 1776)

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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Published (February 14, 1776)

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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Published (February 14, 1776)

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'Common Sense,' published in 1776, inspired American colonists to declare independence from England. “We have every opportunity and every encouragement before us, to form the noblest purest constitution on the face of the earth,” Paine wrote.

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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense: Call to Arms - History of United States Series | Academy 4 Social C...

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What did the Declaration of Independence declare in 1776?Declaration of Independence, in U.S. history, document that was approved by the Continental Congress 

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Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

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Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

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What did the Declaration of Independence declare in 1776?

Declaration of Independence, in U.S. history, document that was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain.

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New Jersey | Dec 26, 1776. After crossing the Delaware River in a treacherous storm, General George Washington's army defeated a garrison of Hessian mercenaries at Trenton. The victory set the stage for another success at Princeton a week later and boosted the morale of the American troops.

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The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary Wa

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On December 19th, 1777, 12,000 soldiers and 400 women and children marched into Valley Forge and began to build what essentially became the fourth largest city in the colonies at the time, with 1,500 log huts and two miles of fortifications.

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Battle of Yorktown (September-October, 1781)

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Battle of Yorktown (September-October, 1781)

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The outcome in Yorktown, Virginia marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolution and the start of a new nation's independence. It also cemented Washington's reputation as a great leader and eventual election as first president of the United States.

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The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution. Based on a1782 preliminary treaty, the agreement recognized U.S. independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory.

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3rd September 1783: Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War