American Revolution (1761 – 1783
Early Colonists Were Loyal to the King (1620 – 1775)
Thirteen Colonies (1607 – 1732)
Growth of the Colonies (1650 – 1750)
French and Indian War (Seven Years War) (1754 – 1763)
James Otis (February 24, 1761)
Quartering Act (March 24, 1765)
No Taxation Without Representation (Stamp Act Congress) (Oct 7, 1765 – Oct 25, 1765)
Declaratory Act (March 18, 1766)
Townshend Acts (June 5, 1767 – June 29, 1767)
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (December 2, 1767 – February 15, 1768)
Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770)
Crispus Attucks (March 5, 1770)
Committee of Correspondence (November 2, 1772)
Native Americans in the American Revolution
Tea Act – Boston Tea Party (May 10, 1773 – December 16, 1773)
Coercive (Intolerable) Acts (March 31, 1774 – June 2, 1774)
Solemn League and Covenant (Summer 1774)
First Continental Congress (September 5, 1774 – October 26, 1774)
The Association (Continental Association) (October 20, 1774)
Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death (March 23, 1775)
One if by Land, Two if by Sea (April 18, 1775)
Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)
Siege of Boston (April 19, 1775)
Second Continental Congress (May 10, 1775 – March 1, 1781)
Green Mountain Boys (May 10, 1775)
Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775)
Continental Navy (October 13, 1775)
Slaves in the Revolutionary War (November 1775)
Common Sense (January 10, 1776)
Virginia Declaration of Rights (June 12, 1776)
Plot to Kill George Washington (June 28, 1776)
Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783)
Stars and Stripes (June 14, 1777)
Battles of Saratoga (September 19, 1777 to October 7, 1777)
Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union (November 15, 1777)
The French Connection (February 6, 1778)
Invisible Ink (November 19, 1778)
Common Friends to Mankind (March 10, 1779)
Benedict Arnold (September 21, 1780)
Yorktown – Articles of Capitulation (October 19, 1781)
American Revolution and Kamehameha’s Conquest (1782)
Peace of Paris (September 3, 1783)
US Constitution (September 17, 1787)
The Federalist (October 27, 1787)
Bill of Rights (December 15, 1791)
Mayflower Summaries
This collection provides brief, informal background information of various people, places and events related to the Mayflower and early colonial America in the 1600s. It is part of my learning experience about the separatists and others who sailed 400 years ago.