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Jamestown
First English colony that lasted. Charted by the Virginia Company. Jamestown was located on the coast of Virginia. The first winter almost everyone died by either disease or starvation. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
First legislative assembly in the American Colonies. First met in Jamestown. It was created by the General Assembly and by its creation the General Assembly became bicameral. -
Mayflower Compact
First written governing document of the Plymouth Colony. Written and signed by the men of the Mayflower before they got of the ship. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Armed rebellion of the Virginia citizens led by Nathanial Bacon agianst the Virginia Governor William Berkley. It showed the difference between the backcountry farmers and the coastal elites. -
Salem Witch Trials
Series of hearings a prosecutions of people of the massachusets colony who were accused of witchcraft. Over 200 people were accused 19 of whom were found guilty and hung. -
French and Indian War
Fight between the British Colonies and the French colonies both were supported by their mother country and Native Americans. The British won and there were no longer French colonies. The war showed the British Colonists that Britain could be beaten. It was called the 7 years war even though it lasted 9 years. -
Proclamation of 1763
Issued by King George the Third. It said that the colonists could not expand west passed the Appalation Mountains. The colonists did not like it and went anyway. -
Boston Tea Party
Political protest by the Son of Liberty agains the British Governments taxation on tea. They dumped around $200,000 worth of tea into the harbor. -
Stamp Act
Law that said stamps had to be on all printed documents. The stamps were not free. It mainly effected the newspaper printers and lawyers. Repealed May 18th 1766 -
Sugar Act
Lowed taxes on sugar from 6 cents to 3 cents but actually inforced it now and it stopped smuggling. It also made it so that smugglers were tried in British Courts instead of in Colonial Courts. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering act required colnonies to provied British soldiers with housing and food. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was a act that imposed taxes on tea in the British Colonies. It was really justs to show that Brtiain could impose taxes on anything they wanted to. -
Townshed Acts
A series of measures passed by the British Parliament that taxed goods imported to the American Colonies. Named after Charles Townshed who proposed the acts. -
Boston Massacre
Happened in Boston Massachusetts. Incident on Kings street where the British Army shot and killed five people while under attack by a mob. It was used as a political statement by the colonists. -
Committees of Corespondence
Shadow Governements created by the patriot leaders on the eve of the American Revolution. They disseminated the colonial interpretaion of the British actions between the colonies and to foreign governments. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of laws passed meant to punish the massachusets colonists for the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
Meating of delegates of 12 of the 13 colonies in Pensylvania. They met at Carpenter's Hall early in the American Revolition. They were discussing what to do to retaliate against the taxes the British Parlament had imposed on them. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements in the American Revolution. -
Olive Branch Petition
The final attempt of the colonists not to go to war with the British. In the document the colonists pledged their allegience to the crown and stated their rights as British Citizens. -
Declaration of Independence
Document declaring the American Colonies independece from the British. It's main points were that all men are created equal and the human rights such as: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
