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House of Burgess
After his arrival in Jamestown in 1619, Governor George Yeardley immediately gave notice that the Virginia colony would establish a legislative assembly. This assembly was called the House of Burgess. -
Bacon's Rebellion
An armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley -
No taxation without representation
A slogan during the 1700s that summarized a primary issue of the American colonists in the Thirteen Colonies, which was also one of the major causes of the American Revolution -
The Great Awakening
A series of Christian revivals that swept Britain and its American Colonies between the 1730s and 1740s. -
Sons of Liberty
An organization that was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government -
Stamp act
The tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers shot and killed several people while under attack by a mob. -
Tea Act
Political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts where a to of tea was poured into water. -
Intolerable Acts
Term used by American Patriots for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party -
1st Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies
