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House of Burgesses
The Virginia Company voted to abolish martial law and decided to created a legislative assembly, which was called the General Assembly. Only white men who owned a specific amount of land were eligible to vote. The General Assembly became known as the House of Burgesses. -
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Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was created laws for the pilgrims and non-pilgrims for a good colony. It was a short document. It stated to stay loyal to the king, even though the colonies needed their own government. The Mayflower Compact was first repealed in 1686; then reinstated in 1689; and finally repealed again in 1691. -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights is an act Parliament passed. The bill has the separation of powers, limits power of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election, and strengthens freedom of speech. -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a conflict between North America; and Great Britain and France. The war was also known as the Seven Years' War. The war ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The French and Indian War provided Great Britain with more territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses, which led to colonial discontent. -
Proclamation of 1763
After Britain won the Seven Years' War, they issued the Proclamation. This proclamation prohibited from colonists to settle west of America. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was also called the Plantation Act or the Revenue Act. The Sugar Act was repealed in 1766. British legislation tried ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies. They also wanted to increase revenues to fund British Empire responsibilities following the French and Indian War. Protests started in America against the enforcement. The Sugar Act was repealed in 1766. -
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Stamp Act
The stamp act led to a lot of protests in the colonies. It taxed all printed materials. England saw it as a strategy but the colonies saw it as an abuse of power. -
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Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress came together in New York. It consisted of representatives of nine colonies. They came together to petition against the king and Parliament's stamp tax -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were multiple measures taken, passed by Parliament. The acts taxed goods imported to the colonies. The colonists had no representation in Parliament and thought it was an abuse of power. -
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1st Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress, which was made up of delegates from the colonies, mt in 1774 because of the Coercive Acts. The Coercive Acts was a series of things imposed by the british government on the colonies because the colonies resisted the new taxes. -
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Revolutionary War
The British colonists in America rebelled against the rule of Great Britain. There was multiple battles fought. The colonies won and gained freedom. Which later became the independent country of the United States. -
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2nd Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress came together after the American Revolutionary War had already began. It took bigg steps of declaring America's independence from Britain. A couple years later congress ratified the first national constitution, called the Articles of Confederation. -
"Common Sense"
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. He wrote advocating independence from Great Britain to the people of the colonies. He made moral and ethical arguments to the people to fight for an egalitarian government. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson. It was about why the colonies fought for independence against Great Britain. It says that all main are equal and the government cannot violate the peoples natural rights (life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness). -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was a written document that established the details of the government of the United States once independent. -
Treaty of Paris (1783)
The Treaty of Paris was signed by US and British representatives. It was signed at the end of the Revolutionary War. It granted the US significance of the western territory. -
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Shays' Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was a violent uprising in Western Massachusetts because of a disagreement to a debt crisis among the citizens and the state government's increase tax collection on trades. The fight mostly took place in Springfield. -
Federalist Paper
The Federalists Paper was written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. They argued about the decentralization of power that existed under the Articles of Confederation. -
US Constitution (Ratified)
The Constitution was first accepted by the convection but later was ratified by the people. The anti-federalists did not want to ratify the US Constitution, but the federalists thought otherwise. The anti-federalists thought it gave the central government too much power and without the Bill of Rights there would be a risk of oppression against the people.
