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Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America. Founded in Virginia. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
The first democratically-elected legislative body in British North America. -
Plymouth Rock
A rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower are said to have stepped ashore when they landed in America. -
Mayflower Compact
Bound the pilgrims to live in a civil society according to their own laws. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
An early colonial constitution that established the rule of law that governed Wethersfield, Windsor, and Hartford. -
Bacon's Rebellion
An armed rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. -
Glorious Revolution
William of Orange took the english throne from James II. -
Toleration Act
Granting freedom to worship. -
English Bill of Rights
Guaranteed certain rights to the citizens of England. -
Salem Witch Trials
A series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft. -
John Peter Zenger
He attacked Governor William Cosby and was jailed for libel. -
Albany Plan of Union
A plan to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies. -
French and Indian War
A series of military engagements between Britain and France in North America. Seven Years' War. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation was an attempt to establish a western border of the 13 colonies in America. That border was the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
A tax on the legal recognition of documents. -
Quartering Act
Forced local governments to provide provisions and housing to British soldiers stationed in the 13 colonies. -
Declaratory Act
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of American colonists killing five men. -
Tea Act
The objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. -
Boston Tea Party
A raid on three British ships where Boston colonists disguised as Indians, there chests of tea into the harbor to protest taxes on tea. -
1st Continental Congress
a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies -
2nd Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
A formal statement declaring freedom of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain. -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the Revolutionary War.
