Salutary Neglect

By Tatum7777777

  • Settling of Jamestown

  • Virginia House of Burgesses

    First legislative assembly in the American Colonies

  • Mayflower Compact

    Self Governance

  • Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    Describes the government setting and its structure and powers

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Armed rebellion against Governor William Berkeley, farmers revolted
  • Period: to

    Glorious Revolution

    overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians

  • English (British) Bill of Rights

    Restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Rights
  • Period: to

    Salem Witch Trials

    a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts

  • Iroquois Confederation (constitution)

    To convince each tribe the importance of peace and unity

  • John Peter Zenger

    charged with criminal libel