American History    
1606   Complete the Jamestown Online Adventure and see what you would have done had you been one of the original settlers. How do scientists know what life was like in Jamestown? Visit Virtual Jamestown and find out.   Student Sheet
       
1620
  Experience the journey of the Mayflower. Then learn about life in Plymouth Colony.  
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1626
  New York Colony founded. Use the following links to research the thirteen colonies. Then select a project to complete.  
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1630
  Massachusetts Bay Colony founded.  
Thirteen Colonies Project Choices
         
1633
 

Maryland founded.

   
         
1636
  Connecticut and Rhode Island founded    
       
1638
  Delaware and New Hampshire founded.    
       
1653
  North Carolina founded.    
         
1663
  South Carolina founded.    
         
1664
  New Jersey founded.    
         
1682
  Pennsylvania founded.    
         
1732
  Georgia founded.    
         
1753
 

Learn about the French and Indan War. Select a project to complete.

 
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1764
  View our video and learn about the events leading up to the American Revolution.    
         
  American Revolution begins.    
         
    Visit the Constitution Center Timeline to learnabout the US Constitution. Visit Digital History to find out who wrote the Constitution.