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Jamestown
Was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
Was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact, signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower on November 11, 1620, was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. -
Bacon’s Rebellion
Was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley -
Salem Witch Trials:
Were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts -
John Peter Zenger
- Was a German American printer, publisher, editor, and journalist.
- Zenger was accused of LIBEL, a legal term whose meaning is quite different for us today than it was for him. In his day it was libel when you published information that was opposed to the government.
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French and Indian War
The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France, with both sides supported by military units from their parent countries of Great Britain and France, as well as Native American allies. -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation, in effect, closed off the frontier to colonial expansion. -
Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Quartering Act
Parliament enacted them to order local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. -
Declaratory Act
Declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Boston Massacre
Was the killing of five colonists by British regulars -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists protest thirteen years of increasing British oppression, by attacking merchant ships in Boston Harbor, and pouring their tea into the harbor -
Tea Act
The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. -
1st Continental Congress
Was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
2nd Continental Congress
Was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Declaration of Independence
The fundamental document establishing the United States as a nation
