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Jamestown
Jamestown was a settlement in the colony of Virginia,the first official english settlement.I t was offical in 1610. -
Viginia House of Burgess
THe House of Burgess of Virginia was the first legestlative assembly of elected representatives in North America. THe house was established by the Virginia Company. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first govering document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by Separatist,fleeing from religious persection by KIng James of England. -
Plymounth Rock
Plymounth Rock is the traditional site of the disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymounth colony in 1620. It is an important symbol in American history. -
Bacon's Rebellion
IT was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by young Nathan Bacon agaisnt the rule of governer William Berkley. -
Glorious Revolution
THis was also called the reveloution of 1688,was the overthrown of KIng JAmes II of England by a union of English Parlimentarians with the Dutch stadholder Williem III of Orange-Nassau. -
Toleration Act
THe Toleration Act also referred to as the Act of Toleration, was an act of the Parliament of England. -
English Bill of Rights
It was an act of the parliament of England passed on 16 December 1689. It was a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention parliment to William and Mary in March 1689, inviting them to joint soverings of England. -
Salem Witch Trials
It was a series of hearings and prosecutions of people acused of Witchcraft in Colonal Massachutts. -
John Peter Zenger
We was a german writer,publisher,and editor.He printer the New York weekly journal, and a defendent in thelandmark legal case. -
French and Indian War
THe French and Indians fought against the people of the new world.The war was from 54-63. -
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 in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, in which it forbade settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Quartering Act
People had to let soliders in their house to feed them, and to let them sleep there. -
Declatory Act
The American Colonies Act 1766, commonly known as the Declaratory Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry.
