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When: 1215

Who: King John

Where: England

Significance: First document to limit the 

power of the king

When: 1607

Who: English settlers

Where: Virginia  

Significance: The first permanent English 

settlement in North America

When: 1619

Who: Colonists

Where: In the colonies

Significance: The first representative 

assembly in the America colonies

When: 1620

Who: male passengers

Where: On the Mayflower

Significance: An agreement signed by the 

male passengers aboard the Mayflower in 

which they vowed to respect the laws 

agreed upon the good of the colony

When: 1620-1636

Who: English Settlers

Where: New Hampshire, Rhode Island, 

Massachusetts, Connecticut

Significance: Life surrounded by 

realign

When: 1626-1636

Who: English Settlers

Where: New York, New Jersey, 

Pennsylvania, Delaware

When: 1607-1732

Who: English settlers

Where: Maryland, Virginia, North 

Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

When: 1754-1763

Who: The French & English

Where: North America

Significance: A conflict in north America 

between France & Britain. Britain 

defeated France and gained French 

Canada.

When: 1763

Where: North America

Who: The Colonists

Significance: The treaty that ended the 

French & Indian War; Britain gained all 

of North America, east of the Mississippi 

River.

When: 1763

Who: King John

Where: North America

Significance: An order in which the 

colonist couldn't move (settle) west past 

the Appalachian Mountains.

When: 1764

Who: King John

Where: North America

Significance: A law passed by   Parliament 

that placed a tax on sugar, molasses,and 

other products shipped to the colonies.

When: 1765

Who: King John

Where: North America

Significance: A law passed by Parliament 

that required the colonies to house and 

supply British soldiers.

When: 1765

Who: King John

Where: North America

Significance: A law passed that required 

all legal and commercial documents to 

carry an official stamp showing tax has 

been paid.

When: 1765-1768

Who: King John

Where: North America

Significance:A series of laws that 

suspended New York's assembly and 

established taxes on goods brought into 

the British colonies.

When: 1770

Who: English solders & Boston colonists

Where: Boston

Significance: A clash between British 

soldiers and Boston Colonists in which 5 

of the colonists were killed.

When: 1773

Who: Boston Consists

Where: Boston

Significance: The dumping of 342 chests 

of tea into the Boston Harbor by colonists 

to protests the Tea Act

When: 1774

Who: King John

Where: North America

Significance: A series of laws enacted by 

Parliament to punish Massachusetts 

colonies for the Boston Tea Party.

When: 1775

Who: English Solders & Colonists

Where: Massachusetts

Significance: Sites in Massachusetts of the 

first battles of the American Revolution.

When: 1776

Who: Colonists

Where: North America

Significance: A document   in which the 

colonies declared independence from the 

British.

When: 1777

Who: British Solders & the Continental 

Army         

Where: Saratoga, New York

Significance: A series of conflicts between 

British soldiers and the Continental Army 

that proved to be a turning point in the 

Revolutionary War

When: 1778

Who: British & colonists

Where: Yorktown

Significance: The last major battle of the 

revolutionary war, which resulted in the 

surrender of British forces.

When: 1783

Who: French & British

Where: North America

Significance: That treaty ended the 

French & Indian War,confirming the 

independence of the United States and 

setting the boundaries of the new nation

When: 1781-1787

Who: Colonists

Where: North America

Significance: A document adopted by the 

Continental congress and finally 

approved by the sates that outlined the 

form of the government of the United 

States.

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