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Jamestown Established
London Company was granted North Caroline to New York. Many conflicts with the Native Americans and none of the colonists were farmers, which caused problems. -
First Women & Slaves
Important year for the Virginia Colony because the first women and slaves were brought over to the English colony. -
Plymouth Company
100 men and women sailed over on mayflower. They landed at Plymouth Rock. Created Mayflower Compact. -
Good Friday Assault
First large Native American attack on colonies. This caused the King to make Virginia a royal colony -
Anne Hutchinson Followed Cotton to Massachusetts
"Women not fit for our society"
She took radical spirituality to an extreme and was banished. -
Connecticut
Established by Thomas Hooker when he disagreed with Massachusetts Bay leaders. -
Navigation act 1651
Was aimed at the Dutch shippers. -
Staple Act
All goods except horses, salt, and wine going to New England must go through England. -
Carolina's
Eight proprietors were granted the Carolina's. John Locke created the constitution of Carolina that included religious freedom, but that was rejected by most already living there. -
Plantation Duty Act
Tax on goods shipped from one colony to another. -
King Philips War
Devastated Native Americans, many faced starvation. King Philip's head was displayed for next twenty years. -
Pennsylvania
First planned colony intended to be Utopia. Was a refuge for Quakers in New World. -
Navigation Act 1696
This act established courts to enforce the rules by Englishmen.
