Key Events in Early American History (1607-1800)

Jamestown founded

1607

House of Burgesses established

1619

First African slave arrives in colonies

1619

Pilgrims land at Plymouth

1620

Mayflower Compact

1620

Puritans found Massachusetts Bay Colony

1629-1630

Roger Williams founds Rhode Island

1636

First Baptist church founded

1638

King Philip's/Metacom's War

1675-1678

Bacon's Rebellion

1676-1677

William Penn's Frame of Government

1683

First Great Awakening

1730s-1760s

Stono Rebellion

1739

French and Indian War

1754-1763

Pontiac's Rebellion

1763

Proclamation Line

1763

Stamp Act

1765

Sons of Liberty formed

1765

Stamp Act Congress

1765

Boston Massacre

1770

Boston Tea Party

1773

Coercive Acts

1773

American Revolution

1775-1783

Declaration of Independence

1776

Battle of Yorktown

1781

Articles of Confederation ratified

1781

Northwest Ordinance

1787

Constitution ratified

1789

George Washington elected president

1789

French Revolution begins

1789

Proclamation of Neutrality

1791

Bill of Rights added

1791

Cotton Gin invented

1793

Whiskey Rebellion

1794

Battle of Fallen Timbers

1794

Jay's Treaty

1794

Washington's Farewell Address

1796

First Party System (Democratic-Republicans & Federalists)

1796-1824

Alien and Sedition Acts

1798

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

1798