This act required that all printed material produced in the colonies to carry a stamp purchased from the authorities.

This company received a royal charter from King James I to begin a colony in the New World which later became known as Jamestown.

In 1664, after receiving a royal charter from his brother Charles II, this royal sent a fleet to take over New Amsterdam, which prompted the Dutch to flee.

Jamestown was established under a charter granted to the Virginia Company of London by this Stuart monarch.

This English monarch, who did not call Parliament for over 10 years, was beheaded in 1649 during the English Civil War

This patriot was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence, printing his name so large that George would not have to use his spectacles to see it.

This term refers to the exchange of goods, slaves, and diseases from the Old World (Europe) to the Americas during the 15th and 16th centuries.

The Townshend Act placed a tax lead, paint, paper, glass, and tea that colonists imported from Great Britain.

In 1764, Prime Minister George Grenville introduced this act which lowered the taxes on molasses from 6 to 3 pence a gallon, but strengthened the punishment for smuggling.

During the First Great Awakening,