1607- King James I gave the permission to start a tobacco colony: North America, Virginia, Jamestown
1620-pilgrims arrived from England
1630-Puritans arrived MA
1765-Stamp Act: purchase stamps to show you paid taxes on all printed items.
Quartering Act: must feed and house soldiers
1773- Boston Tea Party: colonists dressed up as Indians, toss 342 chests of tea into Boston harbor
1775- The American Revolution begins this year
1776- Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet “Common Sense”
Thomas Jefferson wrote “Declaration of Independence”
1783- “The Treaty of Paris” is signed
Names:
Massasoit- the leader of Wampanoag
Gov. John Winthrop- people who gave a speech “A Model of Christian Charity”
Places:
Jamestown VA- the first English colony in the America
Plymouth MA-where the Pilgrims arrived in November accidentally.
Massachusetts Bay Colony- An English colony on the east coast of North America, where Puritans arrived in 1630.
13 British colonies- the first thirteen British Colonies.
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Pilgrims- They are from English, they seek religious freedom because they were persecuted in English for their religious belief. They headed to Jamestown, but the storm moved their ships, they landed in Plymouth MA in November.
Wampanoag- A tribe that helped the Pilgrims first.
Puritans-large group of puritans arrived in 1630. “A Model of Christian Charity”-written by John Winthrop, It is best known for applying the phrase "City upon a Hill" to the founding of America.
Exceptionalism -
Vocabulary:
Tyranny/tyrant-cruel and oppressive government or rule
Repeal-1 verb revoke or annul (a law or congressional act).
2 noun the action of revoking or annulling a law or congressional act.
Pamphlet- a small booklet or leaflet containing information or arguments about a single subject
Plagiarism- the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
Levy- to impose a tax
Objects:
Mayflower- the ship which Pilgrims used