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Jamestown Colonized
Jamestwon was the first English colony in the Americas -
Mayflower Compact
41 men from the Mayflower signed the Mayflower Compact which was an agreement to enact "just and equal laws for the general good of the colony. -
Plymouth Rock
Colonists from Nw England anchored at Plymouth Rock in the Americas where they started the First New England colony. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
This was the first written constitution in America, it was composed of 11 orders. -
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Bacon's Rebellion
During this time Nathaniel Bacon Jr. went on a campaign to destroy the Native Americans. He suddenly died on The 26 of October 1676 ending his reign over Virginia -
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution marked the end of James II reign over England. The revolution came about because James II wanted to reinstall Roman Catholicism as the religion of England. -
Toleration Act
The Toleration Act was an act of Parliament allowing nonconformists(i.e., Baptists) freedom of worship. -
VIrginia House of Burgesses
The Virginia House of Burgesses first met on this date -
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Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials occured during a trying time in Salem Town. Many problems were happening at the time which caused the suspicion of witchcraft. Many were hanged because of an unfair justice system. -
John Peter Zenger
John Zenger was a journalist in the New York Colony and was tried for sedition because of the items in his journal about the governor. -
French and Indian War
A war for control over the North American continent between England and France. -
Proclamation of 1763
Declaration after the French and Indian War that kept the colonies from expanding westward. -
Albany Plan of Union
The first time the colonies tried to establish one government over all colonies -
Stamp Act
A tax on the colonies imposed by England that required the colonists to pay a tax for all the paper they used. -
Quartering Act
This required the colonists allow British soldiers to stay in barracks provided by the colonists. If these grew full the colonists had to take the soldiers into their homes -
Declaratory Act
An act saying that any government in the colonies was subject to Parliament's rules, laws and taxes. -
Boston Massacre
An event in the streets of Boston in which British soldiers fired on people in the streets, killing five and wounding six. -
Tea Act
An act to help the floundering East India Company. The tea on these ships was to be taken to the colonies and sold at a bargain price. -
!st Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from all the colonies trying to decide what to do about England, try to make peace, or seperate from them. -
2nd Continental Congress
After Lexington and Concord, The delegates from the colonies meet again in Philadelphia where they decided to create a Continental Army. -
Declaration of Independence
The document signed by delegates from the colonies. This document declared the colonies seperate from England. -
Boston Tea Party
This ocurred after the Tea Act, and colonists were angry, so a group of Massachusetts patriots boarded the ships holding the tea and poured it into the ocean. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the Revoplutionary war between Britain and the United States, and recognized American independence.
