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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
House of Burgesses was the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies. -
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620 -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America -
Fundamentals 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
Was the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III, Prince of Orang -
English Bill of Rights
The 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 Trails
The 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
John Peter Zenger was a German American printer and journalist in New York City. -
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 of 1756–63 -
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 -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government -
Declaratory Act
Declaratory Act, (1766), 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 -
Tea Act
Tea Act of 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773 -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act is a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament. -
1st Continental Congress
From 1774 to 1789, the Continental Congress served as the government of the 13 American colonies and later the United States -
2nd Continental Congress
It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774 -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776 -
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.
