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Jamestown
The first permanent english settlement in the Americas -
Virginia House of Burgesses
The first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America -
Mayflower Compact
The first written framework of government established in North America -
Bacons Rebellion
An armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. -
Salem Witch Trails
a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. -
John Peter Zenger
A journalist in New York who printed his opinion about govenor William Cosby, and was charged with libel. -
French and Indian War
A war fought between British America and New France, At the start of the war, the French North American colonies had a population of roughly 60,000 European settlers, compared to 2 million in the British North American colonies. -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War, which forbade all settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
Quartering Act
Parliament enacted them to order local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. -
Declaratory Act
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the sugar act. -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. -
Tea Act
objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. -
Boston Tea Party
was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, some disguised as American Indians, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company. -
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First Continental Congress
Met at Carpenters Hall, the Congress met briefly to consider options, including an economic boycott of British trade -
Second Continental Congress
managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence -
Declaration of Independance
Announced that the thirteen American colonies, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.
