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Founding of Jamestown
The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
Pequot War
The Pequot were a powerful tribe, their only serious rival the Narragansett. -
First NAvigation Act
The English Navigation Acts, which were passed in the 17th and 18th centuries, restricted foreign trade by England's colonies to force colonial trade to favor England and stop colonial trade with the Netherlands, France, and other European countries. -
Halfway Covenant
The Half-Way Covenant is a form of partial church membership created by New England in 1662. -
King Phillip's War
The war ended in August 1676, shortly after Metacom was captured and beheaded. Some of his supporters escaped to Canada; those who surrendered were shipped off as slaves to the West Indies -
Bacon's Rebellion
For many years, historians considered the Virginia Rebellion of 1676 to be the first stirring of revolutionary sentiment in America -
Salem Witch Trials
Three townspeople, including Tituba, were named as witches. -
Zenger Trail
The trial of John Peter Zenger, a New York printer, was an important step toward this most precious freedom for American colonists. -
Seven Years War
The French and Indian War lasted until 1763. -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government -
Pontiac Rebellion
Pontiac's War, Pontiac's Conspiracy, or Pontiac's Rebellion was a war that was launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of elements of Native American tribes primarily from the Great Lakes region -
Power of the Purse
The influence that legislatures have over public policy because of their power to vote money for public purposes. The United States Congress must authorize the president's budget requests to fund agencies and programs of the executive branch. -
Founding of Massachusetts
Massachusetts is a New England state known for its notable Colonial history. -
Great Migration
The Great Migration was the mass movement of about five million southern blacks to the north and west between 1915 and 1960
