Salutary Neglect: Policy of the British government regarding it's North American colonies under which trade regulations for the colonies were laxly enforced. (1600-1750)

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  • Settling of Jamestown

    3 ships began a journey to Virginia, started a settlement in North American to be named Jamestown, VA.

  • Virginia House of Burgesses

    The first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies. Founded by the general assembly.

  • Mayflower Compact

    The first governing document of the Plymouth colony written by male passengers.

  • Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

    The Mayflower arrived at Plymouth rock, the place where pilgrims first stepped foot on US land.

  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    The fundamental orders describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers. They wanted the government to have access to the open ocean for trading.

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    It was an armed rebellion by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of the Governor William Berkeley. About a thousand Virginians rose because they resented Governor William Berkeley’s friendly policies towards the Native Americans.

  • Glorious Revolution

    It was the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange, who was James's nephew and son-in-law.

  • English (British) Bill of Rights

    It was a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties of the people and settling the succession in William III and Mary II following the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

  • Salem Witch Trials

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

  • Iroquois Confederation (Constitution)

    The Iroquois Confederacy, or Five Nations, was an alliance of five, later six, American Indian tribes—the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Tuscarora—located in modern-day New York state.

  • John Peter Zenger

    After Zenger had languished in jail for an entire year, his trial began on August 4, 1735 inside a small courtroom in the New York City Hall. He was accused of libel in 1734 by William Cosby, the royal governor of New York, but the jury acquitted Zenger, who became a symbol for freedom of the press.