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Founding of Jamestown
King James I grants charter to Virginia company 3 ships 144 men
John Smith and the Powhatan tribe -
The Creation of the House of Burgesses
They took 41 men to create a legeslature -
Founding of Plymouth
Puritans
Mayflower compact 41 males
Wampanoag tribe Thanksgiving -
Pequot War
Was an armed conflict between Peqout tribe and the Enlgish colonists and their Native American allies -
Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
The orders decribethe goverment set up by the Conneticut River towns, setting its structure and powers -
Toleration Act 1649
Maryland colony assembly second law requiring tolerance in British North American coloniesand created the frist legal limitations on hate speech -
Navigation Acts
it was created to stop direct colonial trade with the Netherlands, France and other European countries -
King Philips War
First Indian War between English and Native allies -
Bacons Rebellion
Armed rebellion against governer William Berkeley led by Nathaniel Bacon -
Dominion of New England
was an administrative union of English colonies in the New England region in North America -
Salem Witch Trails
Prosecution of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts -
Peter Zenger Trial
German American printer, publisher, editor, and journalist in New York City.
Peter Zenger Trial, which established that truth is a defense against charges of libel -
Stono Rebellion
Rebellion of slaves
Largest Slave uprising in the American revolution -
Great Awakening
7 periods of the religious revival in America
