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Jamestown
First permanent English settlement. -
Virginia House of Burgess
Colonists could make their own laws. -
Mayflower Compact
Ideas on self government and majority. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon led frontiersmen in a rebellion against the governor of Virginia. -
Salem Witch Trials
100 arrested and tried for witchcraft, 20 executed, mostly women and girls. -
John Peter Zenger
Voiced opinions critical of the New York governor. -
French Indian War
British colonies fought against the French and their Native American Allies. -
Proclamation of 1763
Forbade settlers from settling past the Appalachians. -
Stamp Act
Required tax on every piece of printed paper. -
Quartering Act
Gave British soldiers permission to live in colonists houses. -
Declatory Act
Stated that British could tax in the colonies like they could in Britain. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers killed 5 colonists. -
Tea Act
Made colonists purchase tea from Britain. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists threw tea from British ships into the Boston harbor. -
1st Continental Congress
Meeting of delegates from all colonies except Georgia. -
2nd Continental Congress
Meeting of delegates from all 13 colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
Declared independence from Great Britain.
