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Founding of Jamestown
This settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
Great Migration
It was the migration of twenty thousand English men, women, and children that crossed the Atlantic to settle New England. -
Power of the Purse Pequot Wars
a war between Connecticut colonists, aided by British soldiers and friendly Indian tribes, and the Pequot Indians under their chief, Sassacus, that resulted in the defeat and dispersion of the Pequot tribe. -
First Navigation Act
a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign ships for trade between Britain and its colonies. No actual date found . -
Halfway Covenant
a form of partial church membership created by New England in 1662. -
King Phillip's War
was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day New England and English colonists and their Native American allies in 1675–78. -
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
a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. -
Zenger Trial
The trial of John Peter Zenger, a New York printer, was an important step toward this most precious freedom for American colonists. John Peter Zenger was a German immigrant who printed a publication called The New York Weekly Journal. -
Albany Plan of Union
a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. -
Seven Years War
The Seven Years War was fought between 1754 and 1763 but major conflicts didnt occur until 1756. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
was a war that was launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of elements of Native American tribes primarily from the Great Lakes region, the Illinois Country, and Ohio Country. -
Founding of Massachusetts
The Puritans wanted to create a colony where they would be free to practice their religion.
