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Jamestown
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement. The colony was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first legislature anywhere in America. It was a form of representative government. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's rebellion was an armed rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governer William Berkley. -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials was a series of hearing and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft. -
John Peter Zenger
John Peter Zenger began publishing his own Newspaper on the topic of certain policies. He began the freedom of press. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the first colonial war. It was a war between Britian and France. -
Proclamation of 1763
It was issued by King George III after the French and Indian war. It forbade all settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament. It required American colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used -
Quartering Act
Parliament enacted to order local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars.It ignitiated the revolutionary war. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was the the final straw to the revolutionary movement in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists protest thirteen years of increasing British oppression by attacking merchant ships in Boston Harbor. Britian closed down ports as punishment. -
1st Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. A meeting of delegates that was an effort of American colonies to unite under a common cause towards secession from the British Crown. -
2nd Continental Congress
The 2nd Continental Congress was much like the first but focused more on warfare. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which took away the Stamp Act and the changed the sugar act. Parliament took away the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify it. -
The Declaration of Independeces
The Declaration of Independence is a symbol of liberty. It is a document declaring our independence from Britian.
