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Jamestown
A group of about 100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company founded the first English Settlement in North America on the banks of the James river. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
The first legislative assembly in the american colonies, The first assembly met in the church of jamestown. -
Plymouth Rock
The traditional site, founded by the Mayflower Pilgrims in 1620. They did not refer to Plymouth Rock in any of their writings. -
Mayflower Compact
it was the first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America. British ship with 102 passengers who called themselves pilgrims. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
It was a constitution for the colonial government of Hartford and was similar to the government Massachusetts had set up. -
Toleration Act
Also known as the Act of Concerning Religion was a law mandating religious tolerance. -
Bacon's Rebellion
was a armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia Settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of the Governor. -
Glorious Revolution
with the joint monoarchy of his protestant daughter Mary, and her Dutch husband. -
English Bill of Rights
it was a british law passed by the Parialment of Great Britian in 1689 that declared the rights and liberty to people. -
Salem Wtich Trials
was a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial massachusetts. -
John Peter Zenger
was a German American printer and journalist in New York City, he printed the New York weekly journal. -
Albany Plan of Union
to create a unified government for the 13 colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin. -
French and Indian War
also known as the 7 years war lasted from 1756-1763 forming a chapter in the imperial struggle between Britain and France. -
Proclamation of 1763
by King George the 3 following Great britain's acquisition of French territory in North America. -
Stamp Act
was the first internal tax directly on American colonist by the British Government. The act imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies. -
Declaratory Act
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Boston Massacre
known as the incident on King Street by the British where they shot and killed people while under attack by a mob. -
Tea Act
was not to raise revenue from the colonies but to bail out the floundering East India Company, a key actor in the British economy. -
Boston Tea Party
was a protest by the sons of liberty in boston massachusetts. -
Quartering Act
is a name given to a minimum of two acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies. -
1st Continental Congress
was a meeting of delegates from the twelve of the thirteen colonies. -
2nd Continental Congress
managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence -
Declaration of Independence
is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House. -
Treaty of Paris
negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
