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JamesTown
Was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
Was the first meeting of the Virginia General Assembly at Jamestown in July 1619, the House of Burgesses was the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies. -
Plymouth Rock
William Bradford, an early governor of Plymouth colony, and other Pilgrims first set foot on land in 1620. Yet, there is no mention of the granite stone in the two surviving first hand accounts of the founding of the colony -
Mayflower Compact
The first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
The orders describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers. They wanted the government to have access to the open ocean for trading. -
Bacon's Rebellion
This was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. -
Glorious Revolution
Was also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange. -
Toleration Act
A act of Parliament granting freedom of worship to Nonconformists like baptist and congregationalist. -
English Bill of Rights
A British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties of the people and settling the succession in William III and Mary II following the Glorious Revolution of 1688. -
Salem Witch Trials
Occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft -
John Peter Zenger
He attacked Governor William Cosby and was jailed for libel in 1734. His case established truth as a defence for libel and made Zenger a symbol of the freedom of the press. -
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French and Indian War
A series of military engagements between Britain and France in North America -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. -
Proclamation of 1763
Intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. -
Quartering Act
Were two British Laws, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain 1765 and 1774, that were designed to force local colonial governments to provide provisions and housing to British soldiers stationed in the 13 Colonies of America. -
Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Declaratory Act
Was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act. -
Boston Massacre
A riot in Boston arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several persons. Examples from the Web for Boston Massacre. -
Tea Act
The principal 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 in Boston Harbor in which Boston colonists, disguised as Indians, threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against British taxes on tea. -
1st Continental Congress
a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania early in the American Revolution. -
2nd Continental Congress
The Second Congress managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
Declaration of Indepence
Congress approved the final text of the Declaration. -
Treaty of Paris
Negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
