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Jamestown Virginia, was the site of the first permanent English settlement in the americas. The settlers chose a location close to the water, hoping to establish a thriving community.
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Governor George Yeardley arrived in Jamestown Virginia in 1619 and immediately gave notice that Virginia would establish a legislative assembly, which became the Virginia House of Burgesses.
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A rock in which 102 voyagers aboard the Mayflower marked where they landed on Plymouth shore in 1620.
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The Mayflower Compact, was when the pilgrims decided they would rule themselves, based on majority rule of the townsmen. They signed this document aboard the Mayflower on their voyage from New England.
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The first written constitution of the western hemisphere. Called for a n elected governor and a two-house-legislature.
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Also know as the Act Concerning Religion
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Led by Nathaniel Bacon, was a armed rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley in the colony of Virginia.
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Also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of england by a union of English Parliamentarians with a dutch stadholder William III.
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English Bill Of Rights was a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties of the people and settling the succession in William III and Mary II.
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The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693.
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was a German immigrant who printed a publication called The New York Weekly Journal. This publication harshly pointed out the actions of the corrupt royal governor, William S. Cosby. It accused the government of rigging elections and allowing the French enemy to explore New York harbor.
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The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin.
