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Jamestown
First town in the new world that came from the British -
Virginia House of Burgesses
The first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies. -
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America. On September 16, 1620 -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
It was a Constitution for the colonial government of Hartford and was similar to the government that Massachusetts had set up. -
Toleration Act
was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. -
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 -
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians. -
English Bill of Rights
English Bill of Rights was a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain -
Salem Witch Trials
Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. -
John Peter Zenger
John Peter Zenger was a German American printer and journalist in New York City. -
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French and Indian War
Is a war against the indians and fighting alongside us is the french -
Albany Plan of Union
Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies. -
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
A tax on paper -
Quartering Act
Quartering Act is a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations and housing -
Declatory Act
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
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 shot and killed people while under attack by a mob -
Tea Act
A tax on tea -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773 -
2nd Continental Congress
It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774. The Second Congress managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania early in the American Revolution. -
Declaration of Independence
he Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
