1/7/2024 0 Comments Us timelime![]() 1607 - Jamestown, Virginia, founded by English settlers, who begin growing tobacco.ġ620 - Plymouth Colony, near Cape Cod, is founded by the Pilgrim Fathers, whose example is followed by other English Puritans in New England.ġ7th-18th centuries - Hundreds of thousands of Africans brought over and sold into slavery to work on cotton and tobacco plantations.ġ763 - Britain gains control of territory up to the Mississippi river following victory over France in Seven Years' War.ġ774 - Colonists form First Continental Congress as Britain closes down Boston harbour and deploys troops in Massachusetts.ġ775 - American Revolution: George Washington leads colonist Continental Army to fight against British rule.ġ776 4 July - Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress colonies declare independence.ġ781 - Rebel states form loose confederation, codified in Articles of Confederation, after defeating the British at the Battle of Yorktown.ġ783 - Britain accepts loss of colonies by virtue of Treaty of Paris.ġ787 - Founding Fathers draw up new constitution for United States of America.
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