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Founding of Jamestown
104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
Power of the Purse Pequot Wars
An armed conflict between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of the English colonists of the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies and their Native American allies which occurred between 1634 and 1638 -
First Navigation Act
series of laws that restricted the use of foreign ships for trade between Britain and its colonies. They began in 1651 and ended 200 years later. -
Half-Way Covenant
A form of partial church membership created by New England in 1662. It was promoted in particular by the Reverend Solomon Stoddard, who felt that the people of the English colonies were drifting away from their original religious purpose. -
King Phillip's War
The war between New England colonists and a confederation of Indians under their leader, King Philip.The most devastating war between the colonists and the Native Americans in New England. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Armed rebellion by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.The cause of the rebellion was Governor William Berkeley's recent refusal to retaliate for a series of Native American attacks on frontier settlements. -
Salem Witch Trials
A series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. The trials resulted in the executions of 20 people, most of them women. -
Zenger Trial
A precedent for establishing freedom of the press in America. -
Albany Plan of Union
Proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin, then a senior leader and a delegate from Pennsylvania, at the Albany Congress in July 10 in Albany, New York. -
Seven Year's War
A war fought in the middle of the eighteenth century between the German kingdom of Prussia, supported by Britain, and an alliance that included Austria, France, and Russia. Prussia and Britain won, and their victory greatly increased their power. The main conflict occurring in the seven-year period from 1756 to 1763 -
Pontiac's Rebellion
War waged by Indians of the Great Lakes region against British rule after the French and Indian War. Which lasted until 1766. -
Founding of Massachusetts
The Puritans wanted to create a colony where they would be free to practice their religion. In 1629, King Charles I began to take action against the Puritans. John Winthrop, decided to join and help colonize the Massachusetts Bay colony. -
Great Migration
The relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West.It had a huge impact on urban life in the United States.( 1916- 1970)
