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Founding of Jamestown
100 English colonists arrive in Virginia along the west bank of James River and found jamestown, the first English settlement in North America -
Creation of the House of Burgesses
Governor George Yeardley gave notice that the Virginia colony would establish a legislative assembly. -
Founding of Plymouth
Many seperatists got split from the king's church in England. About 100 colonists, half of them were seperatists, took a voyage to America so they could safely worship as seperatists. -
Pequot War
English Puratin settlements wanted to expand into the Conneticut River Valley to adjust the stream of new emigrants from England. The only thing stopping them was the Pequots -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are the basic law of the Connecticut colony from 1639 to 1662. They tell the st up of the Connecticut government along with its structure and powers. -
Toleration Act of 1649
There was very little religous freedom in England so many people traveled across seas to go to a place with freedom. Many people protested and in April 1649 the Toleration Act was passed which granted religious freedom to all who believed in the Trinity and that Jesus was the son of God. -
Navigation Acts
Acts that stated
1. Only British ships could transport imported and exported goods from the colonies.
2. The only people who were allowed to trade with the colonies had to be British citizens.
3. Crops such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton wool which were produced in the colonies could be exported only to British ports -
King Philip's War
War between Native American inhabits of present day New England and English Colonists and their Native American allies -
Bacon's Rebelion
Governor Sir William Berkeley and Nathaniel Bacon, Jr's dispute began with high taxes and low tobacco prices. White and black poeple got together on Bacon's side and fought with the Indians. -
Dominion of New England
province created by combining the British colonies in North America which included present-day Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, New Jersey and New York. -
Salem Witch Trials
19 men and women in June 1692 to September 1692 were convicted of witchcraft. They were taken to Gallows Hill, a barren slope near Salem Village, to be hung -
Peter Zenger Trial
John Peter Zenger published articles accusing the government of many things. -
Great Awakening
Allowed poeple to express their religion and emotions about God -
Stono Rebelion
20 slaves met by the Stono River in South Carolina to plan their escape to freedom. Right after that they bursted into Hutcheson's store and killed the two storekeepers, and stole the guns and powder inside