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Jamestown was the first successful English colony in the New World.
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This was a very gruesome winter called the "Starving TImes". After it passed, only 65 colonists remained in Jamestown.
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This year marks the beginning of a period of peace between Native Indians and colonists brought about after the marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe.
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The Virginia omany installed something called the Headright System after that promised colonists 50 acres of land for each person a settler paid to bring to the New World. This was needed because after the "Starving Time" no one wanted to come over since death rates were so high.
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This year marks the 1st shipment of African slaves to the New World. As a result, the economy was boosted since tobacco production became so high.
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This year marks the end of the period of peace between the Indians and colonits when chief Opachan led a rebellion against the English when they made it apparent that they were more interested in taking Indian land than trading.
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Because of the appeal to many people of Indian Reservations because of their abundance and equality in regards to women, the state of Massachutes sentenced any one who joined the Native Americans to three years of hard labor.
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The 2,000 remaining Native Americans at this point were forced to move to "Indian Reservations" in the western side of Virginia.
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The governor of Virginia awarded a sizeable grant to the Ohio Company (a real estate development company) to help himself. This led to the start of the 7 Years War.
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This marks the beginning of the 7 Years war which indirectly contributed to the begnning of WW1.
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This was Great Britain's first attempt to remove the French from their British forts in Pennsylvania.
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This was the end of the 7 Years War which was ended with the Treaty of Paris.
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The first oppressive tax known as the Suagr Act was instituted as means to pay for war debt.
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The Stamp Act was installed as another oppressive tax and stated that all printed material had to contain a stamp that had to be purchased.
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In October of 1765 the Stamp Act Conference occured where colonist agreed to boycott British goods. This is important because it was the first major action of the colonies all working together.
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A protest to get rid of oppressive taxes that got out of hand known as the Boston Massacre.
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This was the year of the implementation of the Tea Act where the cost of tea was reduced but so was the quality and this directly lead to the Boston Tea Party.
