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Founding of Jamestown in the Colony Virginia
Jamestown was America's first permanent English Colony -
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Colonial Timeline 1600-1800
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Virginia House of Burgesses
The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first form of legeslative representative government in the colonies. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was a document of governing the Plymouth Colony. It was written by the Separatists or the "Saints" saying that they were fleeing from having to worship only one religion because of King James of England. -
Plymouth Rock
This was a rock that had the date "1620" enscribed in it showing that this is when the Mayflower made it to the New World. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was a rebellion that was armed by Virginia settlers and it was led by a man by the name of Nathaniel Bacon. This rebellion was to go against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. -
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution was the overthrow of King James of England by a union of English Parliaments with the Dutch Stadtholder William of Orange. -
Toleration Act
The Toleration Act was an act of Parliament granting freedom of religion and worship to the Nonconformists. (Baptists and Congregationalists) This act allowed them to have their own places to worship and their own teachers. -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights was an act of the Parliament of England. This Bill talks about the limits on the powers and sets out the rights of Parliament and rules for freedom of speech. -
Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Trials were constant hearings and prosecutions of people being accused of practicing witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. -
John Peter Zenger
John Peter Zenger was a German-American journalist that was charged for a criminal offence under English common law. For writing things that were against law and about disobeying. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was a war between England and France over land and the Indians joined sides with the French hoping to defeat the English so they could have their land back. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a proclamation that forbid any settlers to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
This was the act that required a British marking on all legal documents. -
Quartering Act
This act stated that all English Settlers must have a British Soldier living in their house and they are to take care of that Soldier. -
Declaratory Act
Stated that Great Britains taxing authority was the same in the Americas as it was in Great Britain. -
Boston Massacre
This event occured when British troops killed 5 colonists in the 1st violent American Revolution. -
Tea Act
Act passed to save the East India tea company from greatly lowering the price on tea so the colonists could only buy tea from Great Britain. -
Boston Tea Party
English colonists dressed up as Native Americans and threw almost $75,000 dollars worth of tea into the Boston Harbor as proposed to the Tea Act from Parliament in Great Britain. -
1st Continental Congress
Group of men from 12 Colonies; all except for Georgia, and talked and sent a letter to the ruler of Engalnd appealing the acts from Parliament. -
2nd Continental Congress
All 13 Colonies met together to draft the Declaratioin of Independence. -
Declaration of Independence
This was written and sent to Great Britain asking for the colonies own independence from Great Britain and it was approved. -
Treaty of Paris
This treaty ended the American Revolution between Great Britain and America.