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Jamestown
Jamestown was the first permanent British settlement in North America. It was established by the Virgina Company of England -
The Virgina House of Burgesses
The Virginia Company had voted to abolish martial law and create a legislative assembly. It became the House of Burgesses, the first legislative assembly in the American colonies. -
The Mayflower Compact
It was the first framework of government written and enacted in what is now the United States of America. The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620 by the Pilgrims. They used the Julian Calendar, also known as Old Style dates. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. -
The Salem Witch Trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. -
Trails of John Peter Zenger
John Peter Zenger was a defendant in a landmark legal case in American jurisprudence. -
The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War. The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France, with both sides supported by military units from their parent countries -
The Proclamation of 1763
King George III issued a proclamation that forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. In so doing, he hoped to placate Native Americans who had sided against him during the recently concluded Seven Years' War. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
The Quartering Act
the British Parliament met and finally passed a Quartering Act for the Americans. The act stated that troops could only be quartered in barracks and if there wasn't enough space in barracks then they were to be quartered in public houses and inns. -
The Declatory Act
Parliament then agreed to repeal the Stamp Act on the condition that the Declaratory Act was passed. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and passed the Declaratory Act. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston.The demonstrators, some disguised as American Indians, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company, in defiance of the Tea Act -
The 1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. It was called in respone to the Inoterable acts. -
The 2nd Contenital Congress
With Redcoats once again storming Boston, the Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia. The questions were different this time. First and foremost, how would the colonist meet the military threat of the British. It was agreed that a Continental Army would be created. -
The Derlaration of Independence
Independence was formally declared on July 2, 1776, a date that John Adams believed would be “the most memorable event in the history of America.” On July 4, 1776, Congress approved the final text of the Declaration. It wasn't signed until August 2, 1776.
