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Trade pursued in Asia
The Dutch government grants the Dutch East India Company the right to pursue trade in Asia. -
Virginia Company
Virginia Company is founded with the hope of finding gold, silver, and other riches in the New World. -
Jamestown
James 1 sends three ships to Virginia to establish the first permanent English settlement in the New World, Jamestown. -
Foundation of Quebec
Samuel De Champlain, a French colonist, cartographer, and navigator discovers and founds Quebec. -
Henry Hudson
The Dutch commission the Englishman Henry Hudson to discover the fabled Northwest Passage through North America. He established the Hudson River and claimed New York for the Dutch. -
Pocahontas
Pocahontas marries John Rolfe which eases tensions with the Powhatan and the English immigrants. -
Tobacco
Tobacco is booming and the Virginia colony sends their first cargo of the noxious drug to England, spreading business to foreign countries. -
Early slavery
African slaves are needed for sugar harvest because they are being killed at such a quick rate. -
Dutch West India Company
The Netherlands chartered the Dutch West India Company in 1621 and established colonies in Africa, the Caribbean, and North America. -
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Puritans
Puritans migrated to New England to escape persecution in England. -
Thirty Years War
Thirty years war finally concludes in Europe because the countries are exhausted. Germany has lost a third of its population and France and Spain are in despair. They realize that there needs to be tolerance for Catholics. -
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Anglo-Dutch Wars
This is the beginning of eight major battles between the Dutch Republic and England because of commercial competition. Peace was signed in 1654 -
New Amsterdam
At this point, New Amsterdam holds the largest urban slave population on the continent. -
Capture of New Amsterdam
The English seize New Amsterdam and rename it New York -
Invention of microscope
Dutch scientist Anton Van Leeuwenhoek discovers microscopic organisms through the invention of his homemade microscope. -
King Phillip's War
Colonists had an unrelenting desire to gain more land and to do that, they took out local Indians, communities, and families in the process. -
Parliament
After the overthrow of James 2nd Parliament rises and creates the Bill of Rights and the Toleration Acts.