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Jamestown
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
With its origin in 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
is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony 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 with the Dutch stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange. -
English Bill of Rights
is an Act of the Parliament of England that deals with constitutional matters and sets out certain basic civil rights. -
Salem Witch Trials
were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. -
John Peter Zenger
On August 4, 1735, John Peter Zenger is brought to trial. In a surprise move, his supporters hire a brilliant lawyer from Philadelphia to defend him. Andrew Hamilton argues in court that Zenger should not be found guilty of seditious libel because the Journal's criticisms of Cosby's government were true. -
French and Indian War
he French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63. It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France. -
Albany Plan of Union
was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin. -
Proclamation of 1763
3 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/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
was passed by the British Parliament. 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
Parliament then agreed to repeal the Stamp Act on the condition that the Declaratory Act was passed. -
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
was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London -
Boston Tea Party
was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. -
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. -
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 -
Declaration of Independence
is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall). -
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.
