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Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in the Americas. -
Virginia house of burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the first democratically-elected legislative body. -
Plymouth Rock
Site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. -
Mayflower Compact
The first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
A Constitution for the colonial government of Hartford. -
Toleration Act
Allowed freedom of worship to nonconformists. -
Bacon's Rebellion
An armed rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. -
Glorious Revolution
The overthrow of King James II of England. -
English Bill of Rights
Declared the rights and liberties of the people after the Glorious Revolution -
Salem Witch Trials
Series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. -
John Peter Zenger
He was accused of libel in 1734 by William Cosby, the governor of New York, but the jury acquitted Zenger, who became a symbol for freedom of the press. -
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French and Indian War
It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France. -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies -
Proclamation of 1763
Forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
Imposed tax on all paper. -
Quartering Act
Allowed for the British soldiers to stay in the colonists houses -
Declaratory Act
It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under attack by a mob. -
Tea Act
The objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the British East India Company -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies -
2nd Continental Congress
The Second Congress managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence -
Declaration of Independence
Announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, instead of being under British rule. -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
