Early England
This island was conquered by the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, the Danes and Normans.
England or Great Britain
She is known throughout history as the reason King Henry VIII broke from the Roman Catholic church.
Ann Bolyn
This was the 1st governing document of Plymouth signed by 41 men on the Mayflower ship.
The Mayflower Compact
This document was drafted by Thomas Jefferson.
The Declaration of Independence
The Pilgrims landed at this location on the Mayflower.
Plymouth, Massachusetts
English laws and principles were based on this.
The Bible
These separatists from the Roman Catholic church who traveled to America on the Mayflower.
Pilgrims
This was the 1st representative assembly in the colonies assembled at Jamestown, Virginia in 1619
The House of Burgesses
The number of grievances colonists had against England outlined in the Declaration of Independence.
27
This is the only colony that did not meet with the 1st Continental Congress.
Georgia
Britain was occupied by these people when Christianity was brought by the Apostles.
Romans
He was burned at the stake for converting the Bible to English and preaching against the Roman Catholic church.
William Tyndale
During these gatherings, local citizens made decisions for the town.
Town Hall Meeting
The "shot heard 'round the world' occurred on this date. The unofficial beginning of the War for Independence.
April 19, 1775
Most houses of legislature in the colonies were bicameral except this colony.
Pennsylvania
Only monks and priests were allowed to read this Roman Catholic version of the bible.
Latin Vulgate
This great spiritual movement swept through the colonies between 1730 and 1760.
The Great Awakening
In 1643, the colonist unified to form this as a defense against local Indians.
New England Conferderation
He was appointed Commander in Chief of the Patriot army during the Second Continental Congress.
George Washington
Royal, Proprietary and Self-Governing.
3 types of colonies
The 3 Apostles of Jesus Christ who preached the Gospel in the British Isles.
Peter, James and John
First Continental Congress was formed by all colonies except Georgia to protest these acts.
The Intolerable Acts
This was the 1st representative assembly in the colonies assembled at Jamestown, Virginia in 1619
House of Burgesses
The Declaration of Independence was officially adopted by the American colonists on this date.
July 4, 1776
These political units began in Virginia where farms were larger and people lived farther apart.
counties