Colonial TImeline 1600-1800

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    Colonial Timeline

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

    Established in Virginia. This was the first establishment in the unknown America territory.
  • Virginia House of Burgesses

    Virginia House of Burgesses

    The first legislative of elected represenitives in North America.
  • Plymouth Rock

    Plymouth Rock

    Where the pilgrims on the Mayflower wound up
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact

    The first governing document of the Plymouth colony.
  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Bacon's Rebellion

    An armed rebellion in Virginia against the rule of Governor WIlliam Berkely.
  • Glorious Revolution

    Glorious Revolution

    Over throw of KIng James II of Ireland.
  • Act Of Toleration

    Act Of Toleration

    Act of the parliament of England.
  • English BIll Of Rights

    English BIll Of Rights

    An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown.
  • Salem Witch Trials

    Salem Witch Trials

    The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts.
  • John Peter Zenger

    John Peter Zenger

    John Peter Zenger became a symbol for the freedom of the press in the young American colonies.
  • French & Indian War

    French & Indian War

    War between British America and France. Faught in America, with the use of Native Americans.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    The proclamation, in effect, closed off the frontier to colonial expansion.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    A required tax act for American citizens.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    The Quartering Act is a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the 18th century.
  • Declatory Act

    Declatory Act

    The American Colonies Act of 1766.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    The killing of 5 colonist by the British in Boston.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    One of the taxes put on America by Great Britain.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    The destruction of tea in Boston.
  • 1st Continental Congress

    1st Continental Congress

    A convention of delegates from 12 colonies.
  • 2nd Continental Congress

    The second meeting in response to the 1st Continental Congress.
  • Declaration Of Independence

    Declaration Of Independence

    Declaring the 13 states free from Britain's control.
  • Treaty Of Paris

    Treaty Of Paris

    The treaty that ended the American Revolution.