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Jamestown
Was the first permanent english settlement. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America.The House was established by the Virginia Company. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. -
Bacon's Rebllion
Armed rebellion by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon. They were defending their property against native americans. -
Salem Witch trials
Young girls claimed to be possesed by the devil and accused other women of the same.This pattern of blaming others to be witches spread. -
Trial of John Peter Zenger
John was accused of publishing information that opposed the government. His lawyer admitted to him publishing the works but said it was the cause of liberty. The jury returned in less than 10 minutes and found him not guilty. -
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French and indian war
Called the "seven years war" outside of the colonies. involved Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Sweden. The English and the French battled for colonial dominance in North America, the Caribbean, and in India -
Proclamation of 1763
Established or defined four new colonies.It required that all lands within the indian territory occupied by Englishmen were to be abandoned. -
Stamp Act
Imposed a direct tax on the colonies. Also required that most printed materials in the colonies were to be produced on stamped paper and produced in London, carrying a revenue stamp. -
Quartering Act
Colonists had to allow British soldiers to stay in their quarters.They also provided the basic needs such as bedding, food, utensils, and clothes. -
Declatory act
Was a measure issued by British Parliament asserting its authority to make laws binding the colonists in all cases including the right to tax. -
Boston Massacre
The killing of five colonists by British regulars. Tensions had been getting high between the colonists and British and this was the high point for now. -
Tea Act
Its main objective was to help the financially troubled British East India Company.This also was to undercut the price of illegal tea, smuggled into Britain's North American colonies. The Tea Act was supposed to convince colonists to purchase the Company tea -
Boston Tea Party
Merchants in Boston had refused to concede to Patriot pressure. The Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. -
1st continetal congress
A meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Considered boycotting british trade. -
2nd continental congress
Meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies.The delegates managed the colonial war effort, and moved closer towards independence. -
Declartation of Independance
Was a document that declared the thirteen colonies were no longer a part of the British empire. Announced that the thirteen American colonies were now regarded as thirteen newly independent states.
