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Colonial Timeline

By George_Jones2017

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    Jamestown Virginia, was the site of the first permanent English settlement in the americas. The settlers chose a location close to the water, hoping to establish a thriving community.

  • Virginia House Of Burgesses

    Virginia House Of Burgesses
    Governor George Yeardley arrived in Jamestown Virginia in 1619 and immediately gave notice that Virginia would establish a legislative assembly, which became the Virginia House of Burgesses.

  • Plymouth Rock

    Plymouth Rock
    A rock in which 102 voyagers aboard the Mayflower marked where they landed on Plymouth shore in 1620.

  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact
    The Mayflower Compact, was when the pilgrims decided they would rule themselves, based on majority rule of the townsmen. They signed this document aboard the Mayflower on their voyage from New England.

  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
    The first written constitution of the western hemisphere. Called for a n elected governor and a two-house-legislature.

  • Toleration Act

    Toleration Act
    Also know as the Act Concerning Religion

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Bacon's Rebellion
    Led by Nathaniel Bacon, was a armed rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley in the colony of Virginia.

  • Glorious Rebellion

    Glorious Rebellion
    Also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of england by a union of English Parliamentarians with a dutch stadholder William III.

  • English Bill Of Rights

    English Bill Of Rights
    English Bill Of Rights was a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties of the people and settling the succession in William III and Mary II.

  • Salem Witch Trials

    Salem Witch Trials
    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 Zengar

    John Peter Zengar
    was a German immigrant who printed a publication called The New York Weekly Journal. This publication harshly pointed out the actions of the corrupt royal governor, William S. Cosby. It accused the government of rigging elections and allowing the French enemy to explore New York harbor.

  • Albany Plan Of Union

    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.