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Jamestown, 1607 - What is significant about Jamestown?
Answer: First permanent English colony, founded by the Virginia Company of
London.
First Africans brought to Virginia, 1619 - What happened when the first
Africans were brought to Virginia?
Answer: The Africans became indentured servants, similar in legal position to
many poor Englishmen who traded several years of labor for passage to America.
African slavery was legalized in Virginia and Maryland, becoming the foundation
of the Southern agrarian economy.
Mayflower Compact, 1620 - What was the Mayflower Compact?
Answer: A mutual agreement to obey any laws agreed upon for the general good
of the colony, signed by male Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower. It established the
notion of self-government in America.
Great Migration of Puritans to Massachusetts, 1630s and 1640s - Why did
Puritans migrate to Massachusetts?
Answer: Puritans wanted to remove all "taints" from the Church of England,
feared individualistic behavior, and formed communities to support each other in a
"Promised Land" to establish holy communities devoted to serving God ("City on a
Hill").
Roger Williams established Rhode Island, 1636 - Why did Roger Williams
establish Rhode Island?
Answer: Roger Williams was a preacher who clashed with the Massachusetts
Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished. He founded Rhode
Island to the south.
William Penn established Pennsylvania, 1681 - What was the purpose of
William Penn founding Pennsylvania?
Answer: Penn founded Pennsylvania for the Quakers, who were tolerant of all
people, religions, and ethnicities. He was the son of a wealthy family but rebelled
and became a champion of religious freedom.
,Salem Witch Trials, 1692 - What happened during the Salem Witch Trials?
Answer: Trials in Salem, Massachusetts, where 19 people were executed as
witches. Historians note the class nature of these trials.
James Oglethorpe established Georgia, 1732 - What was the purpose of
establishing Georgia?
Answer: James Oglethorpe, a social reformer, established Georgia as a place for
honest debtors (the poor who were in debtor's prison).
Jonathan Edwards sparked the Great Awakening, 1734 - What role did
Jonathan Edwards play in the Great Awakening?
Answer: Jonathan Edwards was a Puritan minister who sparked the Great
Awakening with his famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
Declaration of Independence, 1776 - What was the purpose of the Declaration
of Independence?
Answer: It was a formal pronouncement of independence, drafted by Thomas
Jefferson, approved by Congress, and served as an inspiration for later
revolutionary movements worldwide.
French and Indian War, 1754-63 - What were the results of the French and
Indian War?
Answer:
1. The French were removed from the North American continent.
2. The size of the British empire in America was increased.
3. English war debt spiked.
4. Animosity between British and American colonists.
5. Americans united for the first time against a common enemy.
6. The Indians were left in a precarious position.
Proclamation of 1763 - What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
Answer: It forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian
Mountains and required settlers already living there to move back east.
Stamp Act, 1765-66 - What was the Stamp Act?
Answer: It required all paper goods (newspapers, degrees, diplomas, wills) to have
a seal showing the tax had been paid. This caused anger among colonists, and led
to protests, including the Stamp Act Congress and the formation of the Sons of
Liberty.
, Declaratory Act, 1766 - What did the Declaratory Act do?
Answer: It declared that Parliament had the power to tax the colonies both
internally and externally, and had absolute power over the colonial legislatures.
Townshend Acts, 1767 - What did the Townshend Acts do?
Answer: The Townshend Acts imposed taxes on imported luxury items and paper
goods. This led to colonial outrage and another movement to stop importing British
goods.
Boston Tea Party, 1773 - What happened during the Boston Tea Party?
Answer: Colonists, disguised as Indians, boarded British ships carrying tea and
threw it overboard in protest of the Tea Act, fearing that Governor Hutchinson,
who had a share in the tea, would secretly unload it.
First Continental Congress, 1774 - What did the First Continental Congress
do?
Answer: It met in Philadelphia with 56 colonial delegates, agreeing to continue
boycotting British goods and warning colonial militias to prepare for potential
conflict.
Lexington and Concord, 1775 - What happened at Lexington and Concord?
Answer: British troops, ordered to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock,
clashed with colonial militias in Lexington and Concord, marking the start of the
Revolutionary War.
Second Continental Congress, 1775 - What did the Second Continental
Congress do?
Answer: It organized the Continental Army, called for troops from the colonies,
selected George Washington as commander-in-chief, and appointed a committee to
draft the Declaration of Independence.
Common Sense, 1776 - What was the purpose of Common Sense?
Answer: Thomas Paine's pamphlet urged the colonies to declare independence and
establish a republican government, helping to convince colonists to support the
Revolution.
Treaty of Alliance, 1778 - What did the Treaty of Alliance do?
Answer: It created a defensive alliance between France and the United States
during the American Revolution.
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Latest Updated 2025
Jamestown, 1607 - What is significant about Jamestown?
Answer: First permanent English colony, founded by the Virginia Company of
London.
First Africans brought to Virginia, 1619 - What happened when the first
Africans were brought to Virginia?
Answer: The Africans became indentured servants, similar in legal position to
many poor Englishmen who traded several years of labor for passage to America.
African slavery was legalized in Virginia and Maryland, becoming the foundation
of the Southern agrarian economy.
Mayflower Compact, 1620 - What was the Mayflower Compact?
Answer: A mutual agreement to obey any laws agreed upon for the general good
of the colony, signed by male Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower. It established the
notion of self-government in America.
Great Migration of Puritans to Massachusetts, 1630s and 1640s - Why did
Puritans migrate to Massachusetts?
Answer: Puritans wanted to remove all "taints" from the Church of England,
feared individualistic behavior, and formed communities to support each other in a
"Promised Land" to establish holy communities devoted to serving God ("City on a
Hill").
Roger Williams established Rhode Island, 1636 - Why did Roger Williams
establish Rhode Island?
Answer: Roger Williams was a preacher who clashed with the Massachusetts
Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished. He founded Rhode
Island to the south.
William Penn established Pennsylvania, 1681 - What was the purpose of
William Penn founding Pennsylvania?
Answer: Penn founded Pennsylvania for the Quakers, who were tolerant of all
people, religions, and ethnicities. He was the son of a wealthy family but rebelled
and became a champion of religious freedom.
,Salem Witch Trials, 1692 - What happened during the Salem Witch Trials?
Answer: Trials in Salem, Massachusetts, where 19 people were executed as
witches. Historians note the class nature of these trials.
James Oglethorpe established Georgia, 1732 - What was the purpose of
establishing Georgia?
Answer: James Oglethorpe, a social reformer, established Georgia as a place for
honest debtors (the poor who were in debtor's prison).
Jonathan Edwards sparked the Great Awakening, 1734 - What role did
Jonathan Edwards play in the Great Awakening?
Answer: Jonathan Edwards was a Puritan minister who sparked the Great
Awakening with his famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
Declaration of Independence, 1776 - What was the purpose of the Declaration
of Independence?
Answer: It was a formal pronouncement of independence, drafted by Thomas
Jefferson, approved by Congress, and served as an inspiration for later
revolutionary movements worldwide.
French and Indian War, 1754-63 - What were the results of the French and
Indian War?
Answer:
1. The French were removed from the North American continent.
2. The size of the British empire in America was increased.
3. English war debt spiked.
4. Animosity between British and American colonists.
5. Americans united for the first time against a common enemy.
6. The Indians were left in a precarious position.
Proclamation of 1763 - What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
Answer: It forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian
Mountains and required settlers already living there to move back east.
Stamp Act, 1765-66 - What was the Stamp Act?
Answer: It required all paper goods (newspapers, degrees, diplomas, wills) to have
a seal showing the tax had been paid. This caused anger among colonists, and led
to protests, including the Stamp Act Congress and the formation of the Sons of
Liberty.
, Declaratory Act, 1766 - What did the Declaratory Act do?
Answer: It declared that Parliament had the power to tax the colonies both
internally and externally, and had absolute power over the colonial legislatures.
Townshend Acts, 1767 - What did the Townshend Acts do?
Answer: The Townshend Acts imposed taxes on imported luxury items and paper
goods. This led to colonial outrage and another movement to stop importing British
goods.
Boston Tea Party, 1773 - What happened during the Boston Tea Party?
Answer: Colonists, disguised as Indians, boarded British ships carrying tea and
threw it overboard in protest of the Tea Act, fearing that Governor Hutchinson,
who had a share in the tea, would secretly unload it.
First Continental Congress, 1774 - What did the First Continental Congress
do?
Answer: It met in Philadelphia with 56 colonial delegates, agreeing to continue
boycotting British goods and warning colonial militias to prepare for potential
conflict.
Lexington and Concord, 1775 - What happened at Lexington and Concord?
Answer: British troops, ordered to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock,
clashed with colonial militias in Lexington and Concord, marking the start of the
Revolutionary War.
Second Continental Congress, 1775 - What did the Second Continental
Congress do?
Answer: It organized the Continental Army, called for troops from the colonies,
selected George Washington as commander-in-chief, and appointed a committee to
draft the Declaration of Independence.
Common Sense, 1776 - What was the purpose of Common Sense?
Answer: Thomas Paine's pamphlet urged the colonies to declare independence and
establish a republican government, helping to convince colonists to support the
Revolution.
Treaty of Alliance, 1778 - What did the Treaty of Alliance do?
Answer: It created a defensive alliance between France and the United States
during the American Revolution.
