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Period: Jan 1, 1550 to
British Colonial period of North America
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Reign of James 1st
James I, king of Scotland (as James VI) from 1567 to 1625 and first Stuart king of England from 1603 to 1625, who styled himself “king of Great Britain.” -
The Virginia Colony
The Virginia Colony was the first of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The Virginia Colony was founded in 1607 by John Smith and other colonists including John Rolfe backed by the London Company, at Jamestown. -
House of Burgesses
the first legislative assembly in the American colonies. The first assembly met on July 30, 1619, in the church at Jamestown. Present were Governor Yeardley, Council, and 22 burgesses representing 11 plantations Burgesses were elected representatives. -
The Mayflower Compact
the first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America. On September 16, 1620 the Mayflower, a British ship, with 102 passengers, who called themselves Pilgrims, aboard sailed from Plymouth, England. They were bound for the New World. -
The New York
The New York Colony was founded in 1626 by the Duke of York and other colonists on Manhattan Island. -
The New York Colony
The New York Colony was second of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The New York Colony was founded in 1626 by the Duke of York and other colonists on Manhattan Island. -
The Massachusetts Colony
The Massachusetts Colony was third of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The Massachusetts Colony was founded in 1630 by John Winthrop and other Puritans, at Massachusetts Bay. -
The Maryland Colony
The Maryland Colony was the forth of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The Maryland Colony was founded in 1633 by George Calvert, Lord Baltimore and other colonists, at Baltimore. -
The Rhode Island Colony
The Rhode Island Colony was the fifth of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The Rhode Island Colony was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams and other colonists, such as Anne Hutchinson at Providence. -
The Connecticut Colony
The Connecticut Colony was the sixth of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America.The Connecticut Colony was founded in 1636 by Thomas Hooker and other colonists, at Hartford. -
The New Hampshire Colony
The New Hampshire Colony was the seventh of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. -
The Delaware
The eighth original colony. The Delaware Colony was founded in 1638 by Peter Minuit and New Sweden Company. -
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The Commonwealth Period
The Commonwealth was the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland,[1] was ruled as a republic following the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I. -
The Navigation Act
Aimed towards Dutch, required all trade between England and the colonies to be carried in English or colonial vessels, resulting in the Anglo-Dutch War in 1652. -
The North Carolina Colony
The North Carolina Colony was the ninth colony. The North Carolina Colony was founded in 1653 by the Virginia colonists. -
The South Carolina Colony
The South Carolina Colony was the tenth colony. The South Carolina Colony was founded in 1633 by eight English nobles with a Royal Charter from King Charles II - refer to Lords Proprietors and the Charter of Carolina. -
The New Jersey
The New Jersey Colony was the eleventh founded colony. The Pennsylvania Colony was founded in 1682 by William Penn and other colonists. -
Bacon's Rebellion
An armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part. -
The Pennsylvania Colony
The Pennsylvania Colony was the twelfth colony. The Pennsylvania Colony was founded in 1682 by William Penn and other colonists. -
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The Salem Witch Trials
A series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused, nineteen of whom were found guilty and executed by hanging. -
The Georgia Colony
The Georgia Colony was last of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The Georgia Colony was founded in 1732 by James Oglethorpe and other colonists. -
Molasses Act
The Molasses Act was a British law of 1733 imposing a prohibitive duty of six pence a gallon on rum and five shillings a hundredweight on sugar imported from the foreign colonies of the West Indies into the English colonies of America. -
The Albany Congress
a meeting of representatives sent by the legislatures of seven of the thirteen British colonies in British America: Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. -
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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War saw two European imperialists go head-to-head over territory and marked the debut of the soldier who would become America's first president. -
Pontiac Rebellion
Pontiac’s Rebellion begins when a confederacy of Native American warriors under Ottawa chief Pontiac attacks the British force at Detroit.