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Jamestown
London Company Settles Jamestwon. It was the first permant colony. -
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American Revolution
Political upheaval which the 13 American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and Aristocracy, overthrew the authority of Great Britain and founded The United States of America. -
Virginia House Of Burgesses
First Reprsentative Government. -
Mayflower Compact
Signed by 41 English Colonist on the Mayflower ship signed what was the first written framework of Government established. -
Bacon's Rebellion.
An armed Rebellion by Virginia Settlers against the rule of Govener William Berkley -
Salem Witch Trials.
several young Puritan girls seem bewitched
Over 100 people (mostly women) are arrested and tried for witchcraft -
French and Indian War
massive conflict involving Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Sweden called the Seven Years War. The conflict was played out in Europe, India, and North America -
Proclamation of 1763
forbade all settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Quartering Act
Parliament enacted them to order local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. -
Stamp Act
Imposed Direct tax on the colonies and that it is required that many printed materials in the colonies be produce on stamped paper. -
Declatory Act
changing and lessening of the sugar act. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade -
Boston Massacre
Killing of 5 Colonist by British Regulars -
Tea Act
Act of parliment of Great Britan....reduce the massive surplus of tea -
1st Continental Congress
met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774., all of the colonies except Georgia sent delegets. -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard -
2nd Continental Congress
convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Declaration of Independence
Founding document of the American Political transition. ¨All men are created free and equal and possess the same inherent, natural rights. Legitimate governments must therefore be based on the consent of the governed and must exist “to secure these rights.” Signed by Representitives of each colony
