U.S. History 1607-1877 Timeline Review

Founding of Jamestown, first permanent English settlement in North America

• 1607

• 1620

• 1492

• 1689

Pilgrims land at Plymouth and write the Mayflower Compact to establish self-government

• 1607

• 1619

• 1700

• 1620

Virginia House of Burgesses - first elected legislature in the colonies

• 1612

• 1619

• 1732

• 1630

Great Britain draws the Proclamation Line banning settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

• 1757

• 1763

• 1770

• 1773

The Battle of Lexington & Concord begins the American Revolution

• 1781

• 1763

• 1775

• 1778

Treaty of Paris - Britain recognizes America's independence

• 1776

• 1881

• 1783

• 1787

Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence

• 1770

• 1783

• 1787

• 1776

The Constitutional Convention writes the U.S. Constitution

• 1783

• 1787

• 1800

• 1776

Louisiana Purchase - US doubles in size and owns the Mississippi River

• 1796

• 1800

• 1803

• 1812

Battle of Yorktown - French aid helps win last battle of the American Revolution

• 1775

• 1777

• 1781

• 1785