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Jamestown
First permanent English settlement in the America's. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
First established legislature in the American Colonies. -
Plymouth Rock
Mayflower set sail and landed on the coast of present day Cape Cod, Massachusetts. First settlement in New England. -
Mayflower Compact
Was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Adopted Biblical Covenant serving as foundation for the new settlement of modern day Hartford, WIndsor, and Wethersfield, Connecticut. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon that led to myriad causes in the colonies such as the increase of tobacco prices, an increasingly restricted market, and the rising prices from manufactured goods -
Glorious Revolution
The overthrow of King James II of England by the Prince of Orange. -
Toleration Act
Guaranteed toleration for all christians, decreed death to those who denied the divinity of Jesus. -
Salem Witch Trials
Series of lies and prosecutions of people falsely accused of necromancy in colonial Salem, Massachusetts. -
John Peter Zenger
German immigrant who printed a publication that pointed out the actions of corrupt governor, William S. Cosby. Accused of Libel in 1733. -
Albany Plan of Union
Plan to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies. -
French and Indian War
France's advancement past the Ohio river, upset Great Britain and caused a war over a span of seven years between France and the Iroquois indians of northern/central America. -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III issued that no person shall buy, trade, or negotiate with natives west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
English parliament issued a tax on every piece of paper the colonists purchased. -
Quartering Act
Required all colonists to allow any British soldier to be able to stay in their home if they pleased. -
Declatory Act
Parliament agreed to repeal the stamp act -
Boston Massacre
Murdering of 5 colonists by British regulars. -
Tea Act
East India Company started selling taxed tea to colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
Political protest by the Sons of Liberty by dumping gallons of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
1st Colonial Congress
The first meeting of the delegates of the 12 of 13 colonies. Met to counter the parliaments coercive acts. -
2nd Continental Congress
Meeting of the 13 delegates shortly after the start of the Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
Article adopted by the second continental congress, declared the freedom of the 13 colonies from Great Britain. -
Treaty of Paris
Document signed by King George II and the representatives of the United States that ended the Revolutionary War.
