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Jamestown
First permanent English settlement -
House of Burgesses
First representative Assembly. Over time, necessary for all colonies to have some type of representative government -
Plymouth colony
Pilgrims establish in Massachusetts from england
and Sign the Mayflower Compact -
First African Slaves
African slaves are brought to North America -
Mayflower set sail
100 Men and Women set sail -
Thanksgiving
The first Thanksgiving celebrated -
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Puritan Revolution
Sought to reduce the influence of ritual and hierarchy James I -
Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts
Basis of Civil and criminal law until 18th century -
Navigation Act of 1651 (Charles II colonial Policy)
Aimed at Dutch. Goods could be imported only by English ships -
Navigation Act of 1660 (Charles II colonial Policy)
Certain enumerate articles produced in EMpire could only be shipped to England or to other British Colony -
Virginia recognized slavery
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Staple Act
All European goods must pass through England -
Plantation Duty Act
Colonial merchants pay a duty on enumerated articles shipped from one colony to another -
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King Philip's War
Begins because Metacon was trying to keep his land from the English, but in 1675 they all banded together to get it (except Rhode Island).
Metacon was killed and the English won. -
Monmouth's Rebellion
Attempt to overthrow James II
Deafet of Monmouth's Army -
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Glorious revolution
Coup to overthrow King James II in 1688, Established constitutional monarchy, 1689 English of Bill of RIghts -
Charter of 1691
Massachusetts now a royal colony -
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Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than two hundred people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging -
Navigation Act of 1696
Established admiralty courts