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1600-1800
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Virginia Grows
Virginias population grew gradually during the 1600s. New settlers arriving from Europe made up for the fact that disease and difficult living conditions. -
Colonial Self-Goverment
The legal rights that Englishmen had won over centuries led the colonists to expect a voice in their goverment. The ideas of limited monarchy and represenitive goverment were dear to them. -
King Philips War
Native americans population was decreasing mainly cause of large numbers of Native americans had died from diseases that they cought from Europeans -
Penns Holy Experiment
Penn arrived at his colony in to attract settlers, and he printed pamphlets in several languanges and distributed them to England and on the European continent. -
English Bill Of Rights
An event further boosted parliamentary power. Parliament removed King James the second from the throne and invited his daughter Mary and her husband Williamto rule.This was called the" Glorious Revolution. -
Middle Age
once they arrived at the coasts,captives were traded for guns and other guns. They were then loaded onto slave ships and trasported acroos the Atlantic on a brutal voyage that became known as the Middle Voyage -
The Great Awakening
From the start, religeon played a key role in the 13 english colonies. Religeous leaders set extensive rules on moral and religeous matters -
On a Farm
Most colonists lived on farms where large families was cosidered a advantage -
Growth and Change
The puritans belived that towns and churches should manage there own affairs. They also belived that people should work hard and live strong and stable familes -
Freedom of the Press
The colonists expected to enjoy the traditional rights of english subjects. The Freedom of the Press was the right of journalists to publish the truth without restriction or penalty -
African Cultural Influance
The lives of enslaved Africans differed greatly from colony to colony, only 10% of the enslaved population lived north in Maryland. In cities of the North, they were only hired out to work as blacksmiths and house servants. -
The Boston Massacre
Once again, the protests worked. The boycott hurt British merchants and manufacturers, who put pressure on parliament repealed all the townshed duties-except the one on the tea. The tax was left in the force to demonstrate Parliaments right to tax the colonies. -
The Tea Act
The Brithish parliament passed the Tea Act. It was intended to help the British East India Company, one of Britain's most important companies. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This battle between the colonists -
Free African Americans
free people of African ancecestry were never a huge portion of colonial population. By the time the first census was taken in 1790 -
Atlantic Slave Trade
Some scholars estimate more than 10 million enslaved africans were transported to Americas between the 1500s and the 1800s.
