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Magna Cata
the charter of English liberties granted by king john under the threat of civil war. -
Jamestown Colony
was the capital of Virginia and remained so until 1698. -
House of Burgesses
The first representative goverment in North America. -
Plymouth Colony
established orimarily for religious freedom and secondarily for financial profit. -
Mayflower Compact
a written agreement composed by a consensus of the new settlers arriving at New Plymouth. -
Fundamental Orders
the basic law of the Conneticut colony. -
Culpepers Rebellion
popular uprising in the Albemarle section of Carolina to protest the British Navigational Acts. -
Glorious Revolution
also called the bloodless Revolution. -
English Bill of Rights
It stated that certain acts of James II were illegal and henceforth prohibited. -
Salem Witch Trials
19 men and women were convicted of witchcraft and was carted to Gallows Hill for hanging. -
Albany Plan of Union
aimed at a formation of a strong union of the colonies under one single goverment and directions. -
French & Indian War
a series of wars between the British and French. -
Proclamation Line
closed lands north and west of the Appalachian mountains to settlement. -
Sugar/Revenue Act
enforced the collection of taxes on various goods including sugar to help raise revenue to pay off the British national debt which grew. -
Stamp Act
requiered american colonist to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Townsend Act
an act for granting certain duties in the british colonies and plantations in america. -
Boston Massacre
a street fight between a "patriot" mob,throwing snowballs,stones,and sticks at a squad of British soilders. -
Committees of Correspondence
formed throughout the colonies as a means of coordinating action against Great Britian. -
Tea Act
launched the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty boarded three British ships and dumped 45 tons of tea in the Boston Harbor. -
Edenton Tea Party
political protest in response to the Tea Act. -
Intolerable Acts
series of laws sponsered by British Prime Minister Lord North and enacted in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
brought together representatives from each of the colonies except ga,to discuss their response to the British "Intolerable Act". -
Mecklenburg Resolves
the first declaration of independence made in the thirteen colonies during the American Revolution. -
Second Continental Congress
the delegates of the 13 colonies gathered in Philadelphia to discuss their next steps. -
Halifax Resolves
the first directions from an entire colony instructing its delegates to the continental congress to vote for independence from Great Britian -
Constitutional Convention
held to adress problems in governing the United States of America. -
Declaration of Independence
announced that the thirtenn american colonies then at war with Great Britian regarded themselves as independent states and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
Articles of Confederation
served as a bridge between the initial goverment by the Continental Congress of the Revolutionary period. -
Treaty of Paris
treaty that officialy ended the Revolutionary war. -
Land Ordinance
allowed for sales of land in the northwest territory and set up standards for land sale that became precedents. -
Shays Rebellion
was a armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts from 1786-1787. -
Federalist Papers
85 essays outlining how this new goverment would operate and why this goverment was the best choice. -
Land Ordinance
the western lands north of the OhioRiver, west of the Alleghenies and east of the Mississippi River who be settled and become states on a par with existing ones.
