-
House of Burgess
The House of Burgess was the first such assembly in the Americas. It was held in Jamestown, North Carolina. It was cut short by an outbreak of malaria http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1151.html -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was signed on board the Mayflower, which was at anchor in Provincetown Harbor. Since there was no government in place, some felt they had no legal obligation to remain within the colony and supply their labor. http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/PrimarySources/MayflowerCompact.php -
Glorious Revolution
the deposition of James II and the accession of William III and Mary II to the English throne. It is also called the Bloodless Revolution. The only blood shead was king Williams when he triped and busted his nose -
English Bill of Rights
British law, one of the basic instruments of the British constitution. It incorporated the provisions of the Declaration of Rights, which William III and Mary II accepted upon taking the throne. http://www.answers.com/topic/bill-of-rights-1689#ixzz1kxRJvF5c -
Stamp Act
An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America\ http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/stampact.htm -
Townsend Act
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied with the design of raising £40,000 a year for the administration of the colonies. The result was the resurrection of colonial hostilities created by the Stamp Act. a href='http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/townshend.htm' > -
Intolerable Acts
The government spent immense sums of money on troops and equipment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts. Parliament repealed the duties, except for the one on tea. http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/intolerable.htm -
Tea Act
ts market for Indian teas in the American colonies was a casualty of the taxation tiff that was growing increasingly ugly. A boycott of British goods convinced the government that it should repeal the unpopular Townshend Duties in 1770. As a result, the East India Company had warehouses full of tea, but was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1248.html -
Boston Tea Party
England taxed America. Americans thought it was unfair. Americans dressed up like Indians and dumped all of the tea from England into the harbor http://www.massaflcio.org/1773-boston-tea-party -
Boston Massacre
between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. The riot began when about 50 citizens attacked a British sentinel. The Boston Massacre was a signal event leading to the Revolutionary War. http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/massacre.htm -
constitutional convention
delegates from the various states met in the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia The main business of the Convention began four days later when Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia presented and defended a plan for new structure of government http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/convention1787.html
