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1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
Act cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum -
required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. -
a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. -
convened in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between September 5 and October 26, 1774. Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future under growing British aggression. -
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. -
ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. -
A violent insurrection in the Massachusetts countryside during 1786 and 1787, -
three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation. -
designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress, as under the Articles of Confederation