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Coloial Timeline
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Jamestown
Jamestown was the first permanent English colony in the Americas. Estabilished in Virginia on May 24, 1607 -
Virginia House of Burgesses
On July 30, 1619 the first legeslative assembly in the Americas was held. 22 elected representatives met for 6 days as the House of Burgesses -
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock is the place in Massachusetts that the pilgrims landed. The pilgrims established the Plymouth colony after they landed. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony. It was written by the separatists -
Toleration Act
A law mandating religious tolerance for trinitarian Christians -
Bacon's Rebellion
A rebellion against the rule of governor William Berkley -
Glorious Revolution
The glorious revolution was the overthrow of King James II of England. William III led a Dutch fleet and army to a sucessful invasion of England, and became King William III of England -
English Bill of Rights
The English bill of rights set limits on the kings power and established the rights of Parliament -
Salem Witch Trials
A series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in Massachusetts. Most accused were executed. -
John Peter Zenger
John Peter Zenger was a German-American journalist and printer. Zenger printed the New York Weekly Journal and critisized governor William Cosby. On August 5, 1735 he was tried for libel and found not guilty. -
French and Indian War
A war over land in the New World between the British and French. Native Americans aided both sides in the war -
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation issued by King George III that forbade settlers from settling past a line drawn by the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
A direct tax imposed by British Parliament on the colonies. The act required that printed documents in the colonies had to be printed on British stamped paper. -
Quartering Act
An act stating that British soldiers could be housed in American barracks and public houses. -
Declatory Act
Act by parliament to repeal the Stamp Act -
Boston Massacre
Incident where the British army killed 5 colonists and injured 6 others. -
Tea Act
An act passed by parliament that allowed the East India Trading Company to ship tea directly to the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
In protest of the Tea Act colonists dressed as American Indians, colonists boarded ships carrying tea in the Boston harbor and threw the tea into the harbor -
1st Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from twelve colonies that met to decide on what should be done about the Intolerable Acts.The congress boycotted British goods. -
2nd Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from 13 colonies that decided to organize a continental army, and eventually decided to create the Declaration of Independence -
Declaration of Independence
Statement that announced that the colonies regarded themselves as independent states and were no longer part of
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Treaty of Paris
Treaty that ended the Revolutionary war
