Within the span of a hundred years, in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, a tide of emigration -one of the great folk wanderings of history-swept from Europe to America. This movement, impelled by powerful and diverse motivations, built a nation out of a wilderness and, by its nature, shaped the character and destiny of an uncharted continent.
The colony of Georgia was established to serve as a military protective zone between the English colonies and the Spanish settlement in Florida.
1) The proclamation line was set in 1763
2) The Townsend Acts were passed in 1767
3) the Boston Massacre took place in 1770
