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Virginia House of Burgesses
The Virginia House of Burgesses was a legislative body elected by the colonists to meet once annually in Jamestown and talk about each one of there towns.
"...and two burgesses out of every town, hundred, or plantation, to be respectively chosen by the inhabitants." Jefferson, Thomas. "Notes on the State of Virginia." The Avalon Project. Yale Law School, n.d. Web. 3 Feb. 2011. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/jeffvir.asp. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was an agreement signed by all of the Pilgrims saying that they would follow laws and meet and vote frequently for the good of the colony.
"...as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony..." Plymouth, Colonists. "Agreement Between the Settlers at New Plymouth." The Avalon Project. Yale Law School, n.d. Web. 3 Feb. 2011. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/mayflower.asp. -
Maryland Toleration Act
This was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians.
"...belonging professing to believe in Jesus Christ, shall from henceforth bee any waies troubled, Molested or discountenanced for or in respect of his or her religion..." -
French and Indian War
This war lasted all the way until 1763. The French and Indian war was a war faught in America between Great Britain and France. This war lead to the "Treaty of Paris".
"French territories on the continent of America; it is agreed, that, for the future, the confines between the dominions of his Britannick Majesty and those of his Most Christian Majesty shall be fixed irrevocably..." -
Stamp Act Signed
The Stamp Act was created by Parliament and it stated that all Americans must buy stamps to place on their deeds, mortgages, liquor licenses, playing cards, almanacs and newspapers.
"...if any person shall forge, counterfeit, erase, or alter, any such certificate, ever such person so offending shall be guilty of felony, and shall suffer death as in cases of felony without the benefit of clergy." -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a resistance movement against the British and their taxing on tea. A group of colonists boarded a tea ship and destroyed a huge shipment of tea by throwing it into the Boston Harbour. This was to show that they would no longer put up with the British taxes and that they were not going to pay them. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord where the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. The war was between the Province of Massachusetts Bay and Great Britain.
"At 5 o’clock we arrived, and saw a number of people, I believe between 200 and 300, formed in a common in the town..." -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress. This statement announced that the 13 colonies where now independant states and no longer going to be a part of the British Empire.
"...that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown..."
