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Magna Carta1215Document that was signed by king
john of England that gave people
basic rights and limited the
power of the king.



Jamestown1607The first permanent English
settlement in North America
located in Virginia.Lead by john
Rolf and john smith.Their cash
crop was tobacco



House of Burgesses1619First representative assembly in
North America,located in
jamestown,Virginia



Mayflower Compact1620Agreement signed by the men in
the mayflower ship.Established
the idea of self gov't and
majority ruled.


New England RegionEarly 1600'sThey had political town meetings.They
mostly did shipbuilding.Majority of the
people were puritans.Everyone was really
close together.All the schools there
were public.The states in the New
England Region are RI,CT,NH,MA.



Middle RegionEarly 1600'sWhite male land owners could only
vote.they did coal mining,farming,and
crafting.Most colonists were
Christians.Melting pot of religion and
culture.States in the middle region
were NJ,NY,PA,DE.

Early 1600's
Southern RegionOnly white male land owners could
vote.Their cash crops were tobacco
and rise.They were based on
farming.Church wasn't that
important.Only rich people went to
school.The states in the Southern
Region are NC,SC,VA,MD,GE.





French and Indian War1763A conflict in NA that was part of a
worldwide struggle between france and
britian.


Treaty of paris 17631763
was signed on 10 February 1763, by the
kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain,
with Portugal in agreement. It ended the
French and Indian War/Seven Years' War.[1]
The treaty marked the beginning of an
extensive period of British dominance outside
Europe.



Proclamation of 17631763
marked the end of the french and indian war,
granted written a great deal of valuable north
america land.


sugar act1764
That placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and
other sugar products shipped to the
colonies.


quartering act 1765
Required colonial assembly to provide food
and housing for british soldiers stationed in
america.


Stamp Act1765Raised revenue from the American
colonies by duty in the form of a
stamp required on all newspapers
and legal or comercial documents.


Townshend Actdesigned to collect revenue from the
colonists in America by putting customs
duties on imports of glass, lead, paints,
paper, and tea.




Boston Tea Party1770A clash between British soldiers and
boston colonists.


Boston tea party1773The dumping of 342 chests of tea into
Boston harbor by colonists in 1773 to
protest the tea act.




1774
Intolerable ActSeries of laws enacted by parliament to
punish colonists for the boston tea
party.


Lexington and Concord1775cities in the state of Massachusetts, USA, near
which the first battles of the American War of
Independence (1775–83) took place on Apr.
19, 1775.


Declaration of Independence1776The document written in 1776 in which
the colonies declare independence from
Britian.


Saratoga1777Turning point of the Revolutionary War in
that it convinced France to enter the war on
the side of the Americans. British General
John Burgoyne came up with a brilliant plan
to take all of New York away from the
Americans


Yorktown1781The last battle of the Revolutionary War,
fought in 1781 near the seacoast of Virginia.
There the British general Lord Cornwallis
surrendered his army to General George
Washington.

1777The agreement made by the original 13
states in 1777 establishing a confederacy
to be known as the United States of
America; replaced by the Constitution of
1788.


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