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Magna CartaWhen: 1215
Who: King John of England
Where: England
Significance: First document to limit
the powers of the King
JamestownWhen:1607
Who:English Settlers
Where: Virginia
Significance: First permanent english
settlement in North America.
House of BurgessesWhen: 1619
Who: Jamestown colonists
Where: In the Colonies
Significance: First Representative
assembly in the American Colonies
Mayflower CompactWhen: 1620
Who: Men on Mayflower
Where: Mayflower Ship
Significance: Established the idea of self-
government
New England RegionWhen: 1620-36
Who: English
Where: Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New Hampshire
Significance: Very religious, Good education,
And fishing, hunting, and trade.
Middle RegionWhen: 1626-82
Who: English
Where: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware
Significance: Some Religion, Some Education,
and Mining.
Southern RegionWhen: 1607-1732
Who: English
Where: Maryland, Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Georgia
Significance: Little religion, little education,
farming cotton and tobbacco.
French and Indian WarWhen:1754-63
Who:French, British, And Indian
Where:Mississippi River Valley
Significance: French and British fought over
land by the Mississippi River Valley. Britian
Won.
When: 1763
Who:English, Spanish, French
Where: America
Significance: Britain gained land, Spain gained
land and it ended the French and Indian War.
Treaty Of Paris 1763
Proclamation of 1763When:1763
Who:English
Where: American Colonies
Significance: Law that stated the settlers could
not settle passed the Appalachian Mountains.
Sugar Cubes
Sugar ActWhen: 1764
Who: English
Where: American Colonies
Significance: Taxes on all Sugar and Molasses in
the colonies.
Stamp ActWhen: 1765
Who: English
Where: American Colonies
Significance: Taxed all legal documents in the
colonies.
Quartering ActWhen: 1765
Who: English Soldiers
Where: American Colonies
Significance: Law that required the colonists to
house the english soldiers.
Taxes on
all
Goods!
Townshend ActsWhen: 1765-68
Who: English
Where: American Colonies
Significance: Laws set by Parliament that
suspended New York's assembly and taxed all
goods brought into the colonies.
Boston MassacreWhen: 1770
Who: English soldiers and colonists
Where:Boston
Significance: Issue between the soldiers and
the colonists, five colonists died, including
Crispus Attucks.
Boston Tea PartyWhen: 1773
Who: American Colonists
Where: Boston
Significance: The dumping of 342 chests of
tea into the harbor the Tea Act.
Intolerable ActsWhen:1774
Who:Parliament
Where:American Colonies
Significance:Laws enacted by Parliament to
punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
Lexington And ConcordWhen: 1775
Who: Colonists and British Soldiers
Where: Massachusetts
Significance: First battles of the American
Revolution.
Declaration of IndependenceWhen:1776
Who:American Men
Where: Philadelphia
Significance: Document in which colonies
declared their independence from Britain.
Battle of SaratogaWhen:1777
Who:British, Colonists
Where:Hudson River in New York State
Significance: Conflicts between soldiers and
the continental army that proved to be a
turning point in Revolutionary War.
Battle of YorktownWhen: 1781
Who: British, Colonists
Where:Virginia
Significance:Last major battle of the
Revolutionary war.
Articles of ConfederationWhen: 1781-87
Who: Americans
Where:United States
Significance: Document that outlined the
form of government of the new U.S.
Treaty of Paris 1783
Treaty of Paris 1783When:1783
Who: United States and Britain
Where:United States
Significance:Ended the Revolutionary war,
Confirming the Independence of the U.S.
and setting the boundaries of the new
nation.
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