1860 Event Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists 1811 Event 1st U.S. colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA 1788 Event Sydney, Australia settled by British colonists 1774 Event England passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes 1765 Event Mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree) 1765 Event Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers 1765 Event Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists 1733 Event James Oglethorpe and 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, SC 1718 Event Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, found 1709 Event 1st major group of Swiss/German colonists reaches NC/SC 1676 Event 1st war between American colonists and Indians ends in New England 1643 Event Dutch U.S. colonists kill Algonquin-indians 1608 Event Captain Newport arrives from England with supplies for colonists 1607 Event English colonists (John Smith) lands near James River in VA 1586 Event English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island, North Carolina 1562 Event 1st French colonists in US: Jean Ribaut and Hugenots at Parris Is NC
