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Jamestown Founded
King James I grant the expedition to Jamestown in Virginia departing in December of 1606 and arriving in May of 1607, led by John Smith. -
French Canada
New France established in Quebec, initiating fur-trading, triggering the Indian Wars, but ultimately in search of converts. -
Burgesses and Slavery
The House of Burgesses was established in Virginia, and the first meeting was held. Further, the first slaves were imported into Jamestown, primarily to work the tobacco crops. -
Plymouth
Plymouth Colony is established in Massachusetts by the Pilgrims who sailed over through the long voyage on the Mayflower. The Mayflower Compact is signed by 41 male passengers. -
The First Thanksgiving
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New Amsterdam
Henry Hudson led the development of the first Dutch settlement in America on the Atlantic Coast in June of 1623 -
Virginia
The Charter on Virginia is ended by the King and it becomes a royal colony. -
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New Colonies
New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Carolina, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania colonies founded. -
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Puritan Rebellion
Sought to decrease the influence of the King, which had too much power, and was considered to hold divine rights, in order to reduce this power, it ended in the King's beheading. -
Navigation act 1
The first Navigation Act aimed at crippling the Dutch freight trade by only allowing English importing. -
Navigation Act 2
Act aimed at limited certain goods to English Imports between England and British Colonies. -
Staple Act
All European goods had to pass through England before coming to the colonies. -
English take New Amsterdam
The English come in and seize New Amsterdam, subsequently renaming it New York. -
Plantation Duty Act
Colonial merchants had to pay a duty on enumerated articles shipped from one colony to another. -
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Bacon's Rebellion
Tension came to a high in Virginia as Sir William Berkley, the Royal Governor, was festering corruption by retaining the gains from almost all tobacco crops. Nathanial Bacon led an attack on the Native Americans to foster animosity between the Virginia Colony and Natives, but ultimately in 1676 Bacon would be killed and the rebellion would fail, but not without having a significant impact. -
Monmouth's Rebellion
Attempt to overthrow James II by James Scott, the 1st Duke of Monmouth and illegitimate son of Charles II, ended in defeat of Monmouth, but had an impact on the colonies -
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British Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution was actually a bloodless coup to overthrow King James II in 1688, abolishing absolutism, establishing constitutional monarchy, and enacting the 1689 English of Bill of Rights. Ultimately, it had a huge influence on North America and Constitution -
Salem Witch Trials
140 indicted
50 confessed
26 convicted
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Navigation Act 3
Established Admiralty Courts
