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Colonial Timeline

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

    The first permanent english settlement in the Americas.
  • Virginia House of Burgesses

    Virginia House of Burgesses

    The first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies.
  • Plymouth Rock

    Plymouth Rock

    The traditional site of the Mayflower Pilgrims that colonized Plymouth Rock.
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact

    The first agreement to be self-governed and enforced in America.
  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    It was a constitution for the government of Hartford.
  • Toleration Act

    Toleration Act

    Law maintaining religious tolerance.
  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Bacon's Rebellion

    Armed rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon against governor William Berkeley.
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    Glorious Revolution

    The overthrow of King James II in England by Parliamentarians.
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

    An act declaring rights and demanding secession from the crown.
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    Salem Witch Trials

    Trials held against people accused of witchcraft.
  • John Peter Zenger

    John Peter Zenger

    New York journalist and publisher that established the first important victory for freedom.
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    French and Indian War

    War against the colonies of the British American colonies and New France.
  • Albany Plan of Union

    Albany Plan of Union

    Plan to make a unified government for the thirteen colonies.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    A document from the king that forbid settling past the appalachian mountains.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    A tax passed where colonists would have to pay for every piece of paper they used.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    Act that allowed British soldiers to stay in houses and inns.
  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act

    Act that repealed the stamp act.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Shoot out between American colonists and British soldiers in the streets of Boston.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    Act passed to put tax on British tea.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Colonists snuck onto cargo ships at night and threw all the tea into the water.
  • 1st Continental Congress

    1st Continental Congress

    First meeting of twelve delegates from the thirteen colonies.
  • 2nd Continental Congress

    2nd Continental Congress

    2nd meeting where they claimed independence.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Document written declaring their independence from Britian.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    Document signed by the king in Britain ending the Revolutionary War.