英美历史大事年表 2.docVIP

Time Place Event People Result 1492 The discovery of America Christopher Columbus 1607 Jamestown, Virginia The first settlers from Britain Charted company 1620 Plymouth, Massachusetts Some more Puritans came to America in Mayflower 102 Puritans (Pilgrim Fathers) More and more Puritans came here in 1630s-40s and set up the first 13 colonies. 1773 Boston Boston Tea Party The fuse of the War of Independence 1774 Philadelphia The First Continental Congress Colonial militia 1775 Concord and Lexington The gunshot in Lexington The beginning of the War of Independence 1776 Philad