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IMPORTANT DATES IN EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY
Colonial Period (root word: colony):
Approximately 1600-1776
Roanoke Island Settlement (North Carolina)
1587: First permanent settlement; was not successful.
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Jamestown settlement (Virginia)
1607- much more successful.
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Plymouth Rock Colony (Massachussets)
1620
Pilgrims from England came over for religious freedom.
Mayflower Ship
First Thanksgiving (1621)
Wampanoag Indians helped the Pilgrims.
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Spanish Settlements
-Out west (California, Texas)
-1700’s
-Spanish Missions
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Boston Tea Party
December 16, 1773
Colonists were protesting British taxes by dumping tea in the Boston Harbor
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Continental Congress
1774-1789
Leaders for America before George Washington became president.
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Midnight Ride
April 18, 1775
Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott
Revere and Dawes warned Lexington. Prescott and Dawes warned Concord.
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-Battle of Lexington
April 19, 1775
“Shot heard ‘round the world”
Revolutionary War began.
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Declaration of Independence signed
July 4, 1776
Statement (declaration) of freedom (independence ) from Britain.
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Revolutionary War ends
1783
Peace treaty signed with Britain.
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Continental Congress worked on the Constitution
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Constitution finished
September 1787
The Constitution contains the rules for America.
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George Washington becomes president
April 1789
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Continental Congress ended: 1789
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