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Jamestown
The first settlement of the Virginia Colony and seved as the capital of Virginia until 1699. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
Its first order of business was to set a minimum price for the sale of tobacco. -
Bacon's Rebellion
An armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. -
Salem Witch Trials
This began after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. -
John Peter Zenger
He was accused of Libel, publishing imformation that is opposed to the government. -
French and Indian War
The turning of the war was in 1757 when William Pitt became the new British leader. -
Proclamation of 1763
This was to forbid all settlers from settling past a line drawn across the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
Colonists were required to pay taxes on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Quartering Act
This required colonists to provide British soldiers with any needed accomidations or housing. -
Declatory Act
This stated that taxes were to be the same in the colonies as they were in Great Britain. -
Boston Massacre
The killing of 5 colonists by the British regulars due to tensions that arose about the new taxes. -
Tea Act
This was considred the final spark of the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise money nor any new taxes. -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. -
1st Continental Congress
Fifty-six delegates from all the colonies except Georgia drafted a declaration of rights and grievances and elected Virginian Peyton Randolph as the first president of Congress. -
2nd Continental Congress
The main questions was how would the colonist meet the military threat of the British. It was agreed that a continental army would be created. -
Declaration of Independence
A five-man committee including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin was tasked with drafting a formal statement of the colonies’ intentions. The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence–written largely by Jefferson–in Philadelphia on July 4, a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence.
