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an undocumented, though long standing British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws
1607
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104 English men and boys began a settlement on the banks of Virginia's James River.America's first permanent English colony
1619
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the first assembly of elected representatives of English colonists in North America
1620
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first governing document of Plymouth Colony written by Separatists, also known as the "Saints", fleeing from religious persecution by King James of Great Britain
December 1620
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traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620
1639
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has the features of a written constitution, and is considered by some as the first written Constitution in the Western tradition
1676
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armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by young Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of William Berkeley.
1688
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the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians
1689
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An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown
1692
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a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693
The economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances
1734
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a printer, publisher, editor and journalist in New York City, defendant in a landmark legal case in American jurisprudence, known as "The Zenger Trial"
1754
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a proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin, then a senior leader of 48 and a delegate from Pennsylvania
1754 - 1763
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War fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France, both sides supported by military units from parent countries of Great Britain and France
1763
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forbade settlers from settling past a line drawn along the App Mtns organize Great Britains new North American empire and to stabilize relations with Native Americans
1765
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address practical concerns of troop deployment Under terms of legislation each colonial assembly directed to provide the basic needs of soldiers stationed within its borders
March 1765
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imposed direct tax by British Parliament specifically on colonies of British America, required that many printed materials in colonies be produced on stamped paper
1766
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stated that Parliament's authority was the same in America as in Britain and asserted Parliament's authority to pass laws that were binding on the American colonies
1767
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series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America
1770
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an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others
1773
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Protest against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies
May 1773
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Act of Parliament of Great Britain to reduce massive surplus of tea held by financially troubled British East India Company in London & to help struggling company survive.
1774
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convention of delegates from twelve colonies that met on September 5 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania early in the American Revolution
1774
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series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America.
1775
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first military engagements of American Revolutionary War battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen colonies
May 1775
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convention of delegates from the twelve colonies that started meeting on May 10 1775 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania soon after warfare in American Revolutionary War had begun
July 1775
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adopted by Continental Congress in July 1775 in a fortified attempt to avoid full war between the Thirteen Colonies that the Congress represented, and Great Britain
1776
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statement adopted by Continental Congress which announced that the thirteen colonies regarded themselves as independent states & no longer part of British Empire
1776
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Common Sense presented the American colonists with an argument for freedom from British rule at a time when the question of seeking independence was still undecided.
1777
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agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution
1783
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ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America and its allies on the other.