| 1570 | | 10 Sep:
Spanish Jesuits land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.EVA GoogleBooks |
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| 1606 | |
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Three vessels - Susan Constant, of 100 tons, Capt Christopher Newport; Godspeed, of forty tons, Capt Bartholomew Gosnold; and Discovery, twenty tons, Capt John Ratcliffe - with 105 emigrants sail from the Downs, England destined for Virginia in the New World.LR MM |
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| 1607 | |
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Jamestown is founded.LoC HJ |
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| 1608 | | 7 Jan:
A fire breaks out in Jamestown destroying nearly the entire settlement.Google Books EVa |
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| 1619 | | 30 Jul:
The first elected legislative assembly in the New World convenes in Jamestown.USHistory NPS |
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| 1622 | | 22 Mar:
347 of Jamestown's settlers are massacred by the Powhatans.BoRI MM |
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| 1624 | | 5 Mar:
"Laws and Orders Concluded by the Virginia General Assembly" are enacted.TAH B&N |
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| 1676 | | 19 Sep:
Bacon's Rebellion - Nathaniel Bacon and his followers set Jamestown on fire.NPS EoVA |
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| 1733 | | 17 May:
Britain passes the Molasses Act putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the Colonies from anyplace other than Britain and its possessions.GoogleBooks JotAR |
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| 1752 | | 14 Sep:
The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar.CSL CalWiz |
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| 1754 | |
| 1765 | | 22 Mar:
The Stamp Act is passed by the British Parliament - a tax imposed on American colonists on any printed paper.GLIoAH Avalon |
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| | 1 Nov:
The Stamp Act goes into effect - a tax on the Colonies to fund the British Military in America.CC SAH |
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| 1774 | |
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| 1775 | | 23 Mar:
Patrick Henry utters his most memorable words: "Give me liberty, or give me death" at the Second Virginia Convention.CW Avalon |
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| | 19 Apr:
The first battles of the American Revolution. British troops fight American Minutemen at Lexington, killing eight. The British then move to Concord where they again engage the colonials. By the end of the battle, 93 colonists are dead. The British, having lost 273, retreat to Boston.LoC NPS |
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| 1776 | | 7 Apr:
The American warship Lexington captures the first British warship of the American Revolution, the HMS Edward.RW DoD |
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| | 4 Jul:
The United States is founded when the Second Continental Congress declares its independence from Great Britain.USHistory USNA |
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| 1781 | | 5 Jan:
Richmond, Virginia is captured and burned by American traitor and British general Benedict Arnold.AMN VAMoH&C |
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| | 28 Sep:
The Siege of Yorktown begins. American and French forces surround British forces.BB MtVernon |
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| | 19 Oct:
Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at Yorktown.AoC LoC |
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| 1783 | |
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