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Jamestown
America's first permenant English colony. On May 14, 1607 around 100 members of a joint venture called Viginia Compact founded it near James RIver. -
House of Burgesses
Fist met in Jamestown, the House of Burgesses was the first democratically- elected body in British American colonies. This let the colonists feel like they had power. -
Mayflower Compact
This compact was signed by 14 colonists on the ship, The Mayflower. This was the first framework for government for the United States. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
The purpose of the Commonwealth was to maintain and preserve the liberty and purity of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus, -
Triangle Trade
This was trde between England, Africa, and the Americas. England traded things like beads, clothes , and harware. Africa gave us slaves, and the Americas traded rum, sugar, and tobacco. -
Maryland Toleration Act
Also known as the Act Concerning Religion. This law dempanded religious toleratifor Trinitarian Christians. -
Navigation Acts
A series of laws that restricted the use of foreign ships for trde bewteen Britian and America. -
John Peter Zenger
John Peter Zenger was a printer, who was German. He published things about a corupt royal governer William S. Cosby. This became the first Amendment. -
Great Awakening
Jonanthan Edwards refused to covert the Chusrt of England thinking people had become too concered with worldly matter. -
French and Indian War
Also known as the 7 years war. France and Britain faught and the Indians allied with the French. -
Albandy Plan of Union
This plan called for a permanent fderation of the colonies. as a means to reform colonial-imperial relations and to more affectly addres shared colonial intrests -
Proclamation or 1763
Created by King George the III after the French and Indian war. Which didn't allow settlers to cross a line along the Appalachian Mountains -
Stamp Act
this tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed -
Boston Massacre
The killing of five colonists. which then caused the Townshend Act -
Intolerable Act
After the Boston Tea Part. Ment to unish Massashusetts for their acts. -
Quatering Act
This act made the colonists give housing to British soldiers against their will. The British soldiers couldn't be opposed in any actions they did to the people who lived their. -
Tea Act
Placed higher taxes on tea wish the colonists couldnt pay causing rebellion. -
Lextionton and Concord
The Britished planed to capture Sam Adams, and John Hancock and take their gunpowder. However American spies leaked the plan -
Olive Branch Pettition
This was created by the second continental congress. and Submitted to King George III. It tried to get colonies their rights but it also tried to keep them loyal to the crown -
Common Sense
This was written by Thomas Paine challenging the authority of the British government and the royal monachy. This was the first work to openly ask for independence from Brtitain -
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson is listen complaints about Britian. It was created to show England and everyone else America;s intent and reasons for having it, and to get all of the colonists together and inspire them to fight back.
