Salutary Neglect - American history term that refers to the 17th and 18th century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep British colonies obedient to England

  • Settling of Jamestown

    first permanent english settlement in north america
  • Virginia House of Burgesses

    first legislative assembly in American colonies
  • Mayflower Compact

    self governing
  • Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

    where colonists on mayflower first set foot on land
  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    wanted the government to have access to open ocean for trading
  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Power struggle in Jamestown. Nathaniel bacon led an armed rebellion against the governor.
  • Glorious Revolution

    Overthrow of King James II by a union of English Parliamentarians
  • English Bill of Rights

    old rights of the British people
  • Period: to

    Salem Witch Trials

    crazy christians killed a bunch of young girls and women they thought were witches.
  • John Peter Zenger

    printer and writer that helped revolutionary ideas spread, imprisoned and put on trial
  • Iroquoian confederation

    The union of the Iroquois tribes through an oral constitution of 117 articles.