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Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607 in Virginia. -
Virginia house of Burgesses
The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first democratically-elected legislative body in British North America. -
Plymouth Rock
The Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower are said to have stepped ashore when they landed in America in 1620. -
Mayflower Compact
Was the first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America. -
Fundamental orders of Connecticut
It was a Constitution for the colonial government of Hartford and was similar to the government that Massachusetts had set up. -
Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. -
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians -
English Bill of Rights
Was a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties of the people. -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft. -
John Peter Zenger
John Peter Zenger was a German American printer and journalist in New York City. Zenger printed The New York Weekly Journal. -
Albany plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War. -
Stamp Act
Was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act is a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations and housing. -
Declatory Act
Declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under attack by a mob. -
Tea Act
The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company. -
Boston Tea Party
Was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. -
1st Continental Congress
Was 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 Independence
A date that John Adams believed would be “the most memorable epocha" in the history of America. The Declaration of Independence is defined as the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
