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Jamestown, VA is founded
The first permanent english settlement in the new world is founded. -
Headright System becomes popular
to attract more colonists and search for gold, 50 acres of land offered to immigrants who also sponsored indentured servants to Virginia -
House of Burgess
The House of Burgess meets making it the first legislative assembly in the New World -
Mayflower
The Mayflower ship brought over pilgrims specifically separatists (wanted to separate from England) to find religious peace. -
New Netherlands is founded
The dutch establish the colony of New Netherlands which encompasses parts of Delaware, New York and New Jersey -
Boston is founded
Puritans establish this city in Massachusetts, governed by John Winthrop. -
Pequot War
Indians kill New England fur trader, Connecticut and Massachusetts soldiers attack Pequots and win. Connecticut River Valley opens for settlement and trade. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
First "constitution" in America; powerful government came from the people, didn't have to be church member to vote -
Toleration Act of 1649
This act was established to make sure that the rights of Catholics were protected, Maryland's government passed the Toleration Act of 1649. The act made it illegal to prevent any Christian from practicing his or her religion and imposed fines for those who broke the law. -
Navigation Acts
This Act required that all European goods that were to be sent to any of the colonies (including the 13 original) had to go through England first, in order to make sure that all foreign imports to the colonies were paying proper taxes on those goods. -
Halfway Covenant
A Puritan church document; that in 1662 allowed partial membership rights to persons not yet converted into the Puritan church; It lessened the difference between the "elect" members of the church from the regular members -
King Phillip's War
It was the Native-American's last major effort to drive the English colonists out of New England -
Bacon's Rebellion
This rebellion led by Nathanial Bacon was in response to American Indians and the colonial government in the Virginia as the American Indians stole from the colonists -
New England region is established
New England consists of the present day states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, New Jersey, and New York. At the time they were mostly British colonies. -
Salem Witch Trials
Mass hysteria in Salem, Massachusetts people were put on trial and many were hung after being accused of being a witch or participating in which craft. -
Queen Anne's War
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Middle Passage
This was a major part of the triangular slave trade, in which multiple deaths of slaves occurred. -
The Great Awakening
religious revival which deemphasized the higher authority of church doctrine and instead put greater importance on the individual and his or her spiritual experience -
Seven Years War Begins
French expansion into the Ohio River valley repeatedly brought France into armed conflict with the British colonies. In 1756–the first official year of fighting in the Seven Years War–the British suffered a series of defeats against the French and their broad network of Native American alliances.