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Founding of Jamestown
first permanent English settlement in North America. (Jamestown, Virginia) They came offf of the Mayflower from England -
Power of the PursePequot Wars
an armed conflict between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of the English colonists of the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth -
First Navigation Act
a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign ships for trade between Britain and its colonies. -
Half-way Covenant
a form of partial church membership created by New England in 1662. It was promoted in particular by the Reverend Solomon Stoddard, who felt that the people of the English colonies were drifting away from their original religious purpose. -
King Phillip’s War
was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day New England and English colonists and their Native American allies in 1675–78 -
Bacon’s Rebellion
an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley -
Salem Witch Trials
were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts -
Zenger Trial
was an important step toward this most precious freedom for American colonists. John Peter Zenger was a German immigrant who printed a publication called The New York Weekly Journal. -
Albany Plan of Union
was a proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin, -
Seven Year’s War
A seven year war between England and France which lasted from 1756-1763. Has something to do with the French-Indian war. -
Pontiac’s Rebellion
a war that was launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of elements of Native American tribes primarily from the Great Lakes region, the Illinois Country, and Ohio Country (date is incorrect but year isn't) -
Founding of Massachusetts
Massachusetts was founded John Winthrop and other Puritans, at Massachusetts Bay. Mass. was one of the 13 colonies located in the New England region. -
The Great Migration
The movement of 6 million African Americans out of rural Southern United States to the Urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occured between 1916 and 1970.
