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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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