Salutary Neglect is avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep British colonies obedient to England.
By Madi Lynae
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1450
Iroquois Confederation (constitution)
A powerful confederation of Native American Indians -
Settling of Jamestown
became the first permanent English settlement in North America. They chose Jamestown for several reasons that all met Virginia’s Company -
Virginia House of Burgesses
the first legislative assembly in the American colonies -
Mayflower Compact
set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower -
Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock
They established a colony -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
early agreement between the colonial communities -
Bacon's Rebellion
Governor William Berkeley refused to retaliate for a series of Native American attacks on the frontier settlement. Hardened the racial lines between slavery. -
Glorious Revolution
English succeeding -
English (British) Bill of Rights
British law that declared the rights and liberties of the people -
Salem Witch Trials
series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts -
John Peter Zenger
He was put on trial for releasing published information that opposed the government
