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Salutary Neglect
Salutary Neglect- refers to the unofficial and long lasting 17th and 18th century British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary law, meant to keep the American colonies obedient to England. -
Settling of Jamestown
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in the new world. -
Virginia house of burgesses
It was the first legislative assembly in the new world. -
Mayflower compact
It was the first set of rules and laws established in the new world that created a direct democracy. -
Pilgrims land at plymouth rock
The pilgrims, colonial puritans who came here on a religious journey, settled on Plymouth rock, Massachussetts on this date. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
The pilgrims moved to Connecticut and wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the first constitution of the new world. -
Bacon's rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon led a rebellion and burned down the Jamestown settlement due to lack of the colonist's involvment in the government. -
Glorious Revolution
The peaceful transfer of power from the king to his daughter, showing that parliament had more power than the king. -
English (British) Bill of Rights
Laws passed by parliament that guarantee rights to individuals such as life, liberty, and property. -
Salem witch trials
This was when 19 women were accused of witchcraft and killed in cruel ways, leading to the 1st Great awakening, or the religious revolution. -
John Peter Zenger trial
Newspaper reporter John Peter Zenger is tried for criticizing the royal governor, but is not convicted because everything we wrote is true. -
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Taxation and mercantilism
Mercantilism- the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism. -
Albany plan for the union
It was the first plan to bring colonists together, but it was never put into action. -
French and Indian war
The war that caused the British to go into extreme debt, causing them to tax the colonists, ending salutary neglect. -
Proclamation of 1763
The law stating that colonists were not allowed to move west of the Appalachain mountains, because the government didn't want to pay to protect them from the Indians. -
Quartering act
The act that forced colonists to house British soldiers. -
Stamp act
A tax placed on all products printed on paper that was boycotted and repealed. -
Declaratory act
States that parliament has the right to control and make decisions for the colonies. -
Townshend acts
A series of laws passed that taxed the colonists to pay for the governments official's salaries. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired into an unarmed crowd of colonists, killing 5. This was the first violent act of the revolution. -
Tea act
Gave the East India company a monopoly on tea, which caused the colonists to block ships and the Boston Tea party. -
Boston Tea Party
A protest of British taxes by the "Sons of Liberty", a group of colonists. -
1st continental congress
When the colonies came together to oppose and challenge the British's rule over them. -
Intolerable acts
Series of acts that restricted the colonists and closed the Boston Harbor. -
Olive Branch Petition
A document sent to the king complaining about the colonists rights being restricted, which angered the king and caused the battles of Lexington and Concord. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
These battles were the first battles of the Revolutionary War. -
2nd continental congress
The colonists couldn't decide whether or not to seek independence from Britain. They finally decided to write the Declaration of Independence. -
Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
A book about how it is common sense for the colonists to split from Britain and become independent. -
Declaration of Independence
The document was approved by the colonial government, or the members of the 2nd continental congress. -
Articles of confederation
Makes the 2nd continental congress officially our government and gives them power, and is the first constitution of the United States of America. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty that marked the end of the Revolutionary War.