Notes A: Jamestown

• 1607 - Jamestown Founded

• 1612 - John Rolf Introduces Tabacco

• 1619 - slaves were first brought to Jamestown

• 1619 - house of burgesses founded

Notes B: Plymouth Notes

• 1620 - Plymouth Is Founded

• 1630 - Puratins Arrive In Boston

• 1630-1640 - Great Migration

• 1692 - Salem Witch Trials

Notes C: Middle/Lower Colonies

• 1681 - Pennsylvania Founded

Notes D: Life In The Colonies

• 1650s - Britain Imbraces Mercantilism

• 1660’s - Navigation Acts

• 1730s-1740s - The Great Awakening

Notes E: French vs. Indian War

• 1750s - Britain and France become Rivals

• 1754 - Albany Congress

• 1754-1763 - French and Indian War

• 1756-1763 - 7 Years War

• 1757 - Blank Check

• 1763 - Treaty Of Parris

• 1763 - Poniacs Rebelion

• 1763 - Creation of the Proclamation line

• 1754 - Washington attacks Ft. Necessity

• 1755 - The French are expelled from Nova Scotia

• 1758 - battle of ft. Duquesne

• 1759 - French surrender Quebec

• 1760 - Montreal surrenders to the British

Notes F: The Road To Revolution

• 1763 - Popular Sovereignty

• 1764 - Sugar Act

• 1767 - Townshend Act

• 1773 - Boston Tea Party

• 1779 - Declaration of Independence

• 1765 - The Stamp Act

• 1770 - Boston Massacre

• 1775 - Intolerable acts

• 1775 - Lexington and Concord

• 1775 - 2nd continental congress

• 1775 - Olive Branch Petition

• 1776 - Thomas Paine’s Common Sense is published

Notes G: American Revolution

• 1777 - Battle of Saratoga

• 1781 - Battle of Jamestown

• 1781 - Cornwallis surrender

• 1783 - Treaty Of Parris (ended the American Revolutionary War)