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Virginia's First Tobacco Crop
John Rolfe planted Virginia's first tobacco crop, which he had taken seeds from Trinidad and Guian. Tobacco saved Virginia and drew in many more colonizers to America. -
Southern Slavery Born
Dutch slave ship sold twenty Africans to the Virginia colonists to work the tobacco fields. -
English Revolution
This Revolution was between the Crown and Parliament. The conflicts were political and economic merged with religious tensions. This forced settlers to pick a side. Virginia and Maryland sympathized with the Crown, whereas Massachusetts Bay tended to favor Parliament. -
Result of the English Revolution
Parliament won, Charles I was executed. England was then under Oliver Cromwell. Relationship with American colonies changed. -
Navigation Act of 1651
Parliament created this act to prevent other European Nations to interfere with American possessions. This act enforced merchants in every colony to ship goods directly to England in English ships. -
Ownership of Slaves
The year of 1660 was the turning point for black men and women. New laws were created, depriving Africans of freedom and separate legal status of enslaved Africans. Skin color became important, white and black. -
Printing of the Bible
The first Bible to be printed in America happened in 1660. Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson undertook this large project. -
Bacon's Rebellion
It began with an argument over a pig. Doeg Indians visited Thomas Mathew to collect a debt, Matthew refused to pay, the Natives then "stole" his pigs. This sparked several raids and counterraids. Colonists began killing Natives and in retaliation Natives killed colonists. -
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King Philip’s War
A large quantity of Indian slaves captured during King Philip's War. The Natives were uprising against the encroachments of the New England colonies. -
Dominion of New England
James II combined the New England colonies, New York, and New Jersey -
Glorious Revolution
It was a peaceful coup. William and Mary of Orange accepted position of King and Queen of England without any bloodshed.
