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TImeline- American History

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  • James town

    James town

    Jamestowns settlement in the colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas
  • VIrginia House of Burgesses

    VIrginia House of Burgesses

    the first legislature anywhere in the English colonies in America was in Virginia
  • Mayflower compact

    Mayflower compact

    was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United states
  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Bacon's Rebellion

    Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley
  • Salem witch trials

    Salem witch trials

    a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial massachusetts
  • John Peter Zenger

    John Peter Zenger

    was a German American printer, publisher, editor, and journalist
  • Frence and indian war

    Frence and indian war

    north american theater of the world wide seven year war
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    french territory in North America after the end of french and indian war/seven years war
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act

    a new tax was imposed on all american colonist and required them to pay
  • Quartering act

    Quartering act

    two acts of British parliament in the 18th century
  • Declatory act

    Declatory act

    was an act of the parliament of great britian
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    the killing of five colonist by british regulars
  • Tea act

    Tea act

    the final spark to the revolutionary movement
  • boston tea party

    boston tea party

    throwing of 342 chest of tea overboard
  • 1st continental congress

    1st continental congress

    carpenter hall in philadelphia all colonies except georgia sent delegates
  • 2nd continental congress

    2nd continental congress

    was a convention of delegates from the 13th colonies that started meeting in summer
  • declaration of independence

    declaration of independence

    nations most cherished symbol of liberty