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The first permanent English settlement.
Established by the Virginia Company of London.
Original name was to be "James Fort". -
First Assembly of elected representatives of English colonists in North America. The House was established by the Virginia Company.
The word "burgess" means an elected or appointed Official. -
The first settlement of the Plymouth colony was New Plymouth.
New Plymouth was surveyed by Captain John Smith.
Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. -
Founded by the owners of the Massachussets Bay Company.
English Settlement.
It was situated around present day Salem and Boston. -
An armed conflict between the Pequot Indians against the alliance of Massachusetts bay, Plymouth and Saybrook. Hundreds were killed, but a lot of them were captured as slaves and sold as slaves to the west indies.
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Sometimes called the "First Indian War".
This was an armed conflict between Indians in present day New England and the English settlers and their native american allies. -
It was an uprising in the Virginia Colony.
Rebellion was led by 29 year-old planter, Nathanial Bacon.
First rebellion in the American Colonies. -
Series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts.
Most famous trials were done in the court at Salem Town -
Mainly fought between the Colonies of British America and New France.
Both sides had military unit support from their parent countries.
Seven Year War. -
Direct tax imposed on the Colonies.
The act required many printed materials in the colonies be printed on stamped paper produced in England.
The stamp act created great resistance throughout the Colonies. -
These acts forced English settlers to provide British Soldiers with living and provisions.
Angered Settlers.
Violated the Bill of Rights of 1689 -
Named: "Incident on King Street" by the British.
British Army Soldiers killed 5 civilians in Boston.
Trial was unfair. -
Enforced by the British Parliment to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the British East India Company.
Outraged the settlers, later causing them to carry out the Boston Tea Party. -
Political Protest by the Sons of Liberty.
Resistance against the tea act.
Dumped lots of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Series of laws passed by the British Parliment.
The acts triggered outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies.
Important development of the American Revolution. -
First military engagements of the American Revolution.
Marked the outbreak of an armed conflict with Kingdom of Great Britan and the Thirteen Colonies. -
Statement adopted by the Continental Congress.
56 Delegates signed the declaration.
Ensured independence of the United States. -
Protestant revival movement.
Hit it's peak in about 1840. -
Texas Declaration of Independence.
Formal Declaration for the Republic of Texas.
Independence from Mexico.
Signed at Washington-on-the-Brazos. -
Armed conflict between Mexico and the United States.
Majority of fighting was done in Mexico and present day Texas.
Famous battles: Battle of the Alamo. -
Peace treaty signed by Mexico and the United States to end the Mexican-American War.
Gave the U.S. a lot of land, as long as we paid Mexico off 15 million.
The peace talks were negotiated by Nicholas Trist. -
This act allowed the president to survey Indian tribal land and divide it.
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Near wounded knee creek.
Last battle of the American Indians war. -
Conflict between Spain and America.
This was the result of American intervention in the ongoing Cuban war for Independence. -
National Association of the Advancement of Colored People.
Helped blacks. -
Happened between 1919-1920
American labor movement
Revolution. -
Cultural Movement.
"New Negro Movement'
