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Jamestown
First permanent English settlement in North America. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
With its origin in the first meeting of the virginia general assembly at Jamestown, it was the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies. -
Plymouth Rock
First colonial settlement in New England. Puritan Separatist Pilgrims sailed in on the Mayflower and settled in Massachusetts. -
Mayflower Compact
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 set up. -
Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration Act was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. -
Bacon's Rebellion
An armed rebellion by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkely. -
Glorious Revolution
The overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliaments. -
English Bill of Rights
A British law passed by the parliament of Great Britain that declared the rights and liberties of people. -
John Peter Zenger
His case was an important step toward freedom for American colonists. -
French and Indian War
The colonies of British America against New France. It ended the Treaty of Paris -
Albany Plan of Union
A plan to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin, a delegate from Pennsylvania, at the Albany congress in New York. -
Proclamation of 1763
After the French and Indian War, King George III stopped all settlement past a line drawn along the appalachian mountains. -
Quartering Act
Two acts of of British Parliament in the local governments 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. Taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Boston Massacre
British army soldiers shot and killed people while under attack by a mob. -
Tea Act
Act of the parliament of Great Britain to reduce the massive amount of tea. -
Boston Tea Party
Political protest by the sons of liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. -
1st Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies. -
Stamp Act
All american colonists were required to pay tax on every peice of print paper they used. -
2nd Continental Congress
Managed the colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence. -
Declaration of Independence
A statement adopted by the second continental congress meeting at Independence Hall. -
Treaty of Paris
Negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized american independence. -
Salem Witch Trials
A series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts.
