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Jamestown
Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas -
Virginia house of Burgesses
the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America. -
Mayflower compact
the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was a contract in which the settlers consented to follow the compact's rules and regulations for the sake of order and survival. -
Plymouth Rock
the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620 -
Toleration act of Maryland
a law mandating religious tolerance for trinitarian Christians. -
Bacon's rebellion
an armed rebellion by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. -
Glorious Revolution
was the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William of orange -
English Bill of Rights
an Act of the Parliament of England passed on 16 December 1689. It laid out certain basic right for people -
Salem Witch Trials
A series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693 -
John Peter Zenger
a German American printer, publisher, editor and journalist in New York City. He was a defendant in a landmark legal case in American jurisprudence, known as "The Zenger Trial", -
French and Indian War
the part of the 100 year war that took place in the American colonies -
Stamp Act
imposed a direct tax by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America, and it required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp -
Proclamation of 1763
forbade settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. marked the endo of the French and Indian war. -
Quartering act
provided that Great Britain would house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses -
Declatory act
an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765, stated that Parliament's authority was the same in America as in Britain and added Parliament's authority to pass laws that were binding on the American colonies. -
Boston Massacre
an incident in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. -
Tea Act
an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. Its objective was to reduce the massive amounts of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. -
Boston Tea Party
a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Disguised as American Indians, the demonstrators destroyed the entire supply of tea sent by the East India Company -
1st Continental Congress
a convention of delegates from twelve colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. It was called in response to the intolerable acts by the British Parliament. -
2nd continental congress
a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Declaration of Independence
Document requesting American Colonies freedom from England -
Treaty of Paris
Document that ended the American Revolutionary War
