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Bacon’s Rebellion
an armed rebellion by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
people were fed up with the way they were being treated
virginian settlers rebelled against the governer. -
great awakening
a series of Christian revivals that swept Britain and its Thirteen Colonies between the 1730s and 1740s. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution. -
Albany Plan of Union
a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin -
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Pontiac, united a coalition of American Indian tribes to resist British rule in the Great Lakes region and Ohio Valley. -
Proclamation Line of 1763
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. -
boston tea party
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. -
British Colonial Acts (Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, Coercive Acts)
The Coercive Acts consisted of the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act of 1774. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. -
treaty of paris
official peace treaty between the United States and Britain that ended the American Revolutionary War.