1600-1700

By kassidymeyer

  • Jamestown

    first permanent English settlement

  • House of Burgesses

    the first representative assembly of America

  • Plymouth Colony

    The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts was established by Pilgrims from England.
    Before disembarking from their ship, the Mayflower, 41 male passengers signed the Mayflower Compact, an agreement that forms the basis of the colony's government.

  • Maryland Toleration Act of 1649

    willing to tolerate religion to get people over

  • Navigation Act of 1651

    1. only English ships can bring goods into England
    2. American Colonies can only export their goods to England

  • King Philips War

    Also called the Narragansett War. It was a war that pitted native americans against English settlers and their Indian allies that was one of the bloodiest conflicts in US history

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    caused a rise in slaves in Virginia

  • Glorious Revolution

    a takeover of the government when they laid out the rules of the parliament

  • Virginia banned interracial marriage

  • Salem Witch Trials

    Betty Parris and Abigail Williams accused Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne