Salutary Neglect- the 17th and 18th century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws

  • Settling of Jamestown

    104 men and boys arrived to establish the first settlement of jamestown
  • Virginia House of Burgesses

    The first assembly in the American colonies in Jamestown, present were Governor Yeardley, Council and 22 Burgesses were elected.
  • Mayflower Compact

    the first governing document for the the plymouth colony
  • Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

    the site of landing where william bradford and the pilgrims landed
  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    Government have access to the open ocean trade.
  • Bacon’s Rebellion

    why did it happen and what happened- Government in Virginia were frightened by the civil war.
  • Glorious Revolution

    Replaced King James II with William of Orange.
  • Salem Witch Trials

    people would have to prove they were not witches in ways that would end up in their death anyway