Timeline by Elaine Beamish _ Student - AlstonRidgeMS

Columbus Discovers the “New World” - 1492

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Launched centuries of European exploration and colonization of the American continent.

Conquest of Tenochtitlan - 1521

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Destroyed the Aztec empire, and the Spanish began to consolidate control over what became the colony of New Spain

Roanoke Settlement - 1587

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The first English attempt at a permanent and stable English settlement in North America. It failed.

King Philip’s War - 1676

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War that pitted Native Americans against English settlers and their Indian allies. Paved the way for additional English settlements

Bacon’s Rebellion - 1677

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The first popular uprising in the American colonies. It was long viewed as an early revolt against English tyranny

French and Indian war - 1757

ejbeamish — 2024-09-16 01:29:25 UTC

Part of the Seven Years' War in Europe. Britain and France fought for control of the Ohio Valley and Canada. The colonies fought under British commanders. Britain eventually won, and gained control of all of the remaining French possessions in Canada.

Boston Tea Party - 1773

ejbeamish — 2024-09-16 01:30:08 UTC

A group of colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor in protest of the British Parliament's Tea Act of 1773

Continental Congress - 1774

ejbeamish — 2024-09-16 01:31:03 UTC

A Philadelphia meeting that brought together representatives from each of the colonies, except Georgia, to discuss their response to the British "Intolerable Acts."

The Declaration of Independence - 1776

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A resolution created by the Continental Congress, which broke all ties between colonists and the British, creating the idea in America that the colonies were now "states"

Shay's Rebellion - 1786

ejbeamish — 2024-09-16 01:32:21 UTC

An uprising of rural, indebted farmers in western Massachusetts, against Boston creditors. It began in 1786 and lasted half a year, threatening the economic interests of the business elite and contributing to the demise of the Articles of Confederation.

Constitutional Convention - 1787

ejbeamish — 2024-09-16 01:32:59 UTC

A Philadelphia meeting that brought together representatives form each of the colonies, except Georgia, to discuss the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

Washington's farewell address - 1796

ejbeamish — 2024-09-16 01:34:11 UTC

Printed in newspapers, this was largely a warning against political parties and permanent foreign alliances