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Slave Trade
By the 1600's Portugal, Spain, France, Holland and England all were involved with slave trade. -
New England Confederation
This was a group of people which each person keeps control of its own internal affairs. -
King Charles II Dies
This causes His brother James to take over and he creates the Dominion of New England -
Glorious Revolution, and the English Bill of Rights
Glorious Revolution- William of Orange became the co-ruler of England
English Bill of Rights- William and Mary excepted the document that was the English Bill of Rights -
Plymouth and Massachusetts (including Maine) are now a royal colony
Massachusetts and Plymouth are considered a royal colony, this means that it is owned by a King -
England goes into war with Spain
Since the colonies were doing o well Spain went into war with England -
Resisting Slavery
In 1739 the Stono Rebellion took place, 100 enslaved Africans in South Carolina took weapons from the firearms shop and killed several people. -
French and Indian War begins
Benjamin Franklin proposes the Albany Plan of Union to unite the colonies -
Indigo growing in South Carolina
By 1754 South Carolina exported about a million pounds of Indigo each year -
African population is 10 times greater
Since Africans were used as slaves there population increased about 10 times what it was before
