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The first 105 colonist sent by the London company arrived in England.
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Colonist founded Jamestown
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John Smith took control of Jamestown and built a fort around it.
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60 colonist were still alive after the horrible first winter
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Dutch founded New Netherland.
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Dutch ship brought the first Africans to Virginia.
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Virginians assembly was the first colonial legislature in North America.
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The Mayflower left England
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41 male passengers signed the Mayflower compact.
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Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.
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Colonist killed Powhatan leader which lead to 20 years of conflict.
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English crown canceled the company’s charter.
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George Calvert asked King Charles І for a charter to establish a colony in America foc catholics.
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Charles granted a group of Puritans a charter to settle in New England.
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Charles issued a charter to Calvert’s son.
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A group of 200 English Catholics came to Maryland.
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Thomas Hooker left Massachusetts to find Connecticut.
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Hooker wrote Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
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General Courts of Massachusetts issued an order that a school be founded in everytownship of 50 families.
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Europeans began to re-examine their world.
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Navigation Act was put into affect.
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English captured the undefended colony of New Amsterdam.
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Tension arose between New England and Wampanoag.
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King Philip’s war erupted.
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King Charles II granted charter to William Penn to begin a colony west of New Jersey.
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Duke Of York sold Penn a region to the south of Pennsylvania.
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James II became king of England.
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James II united the northern colonies under one government.
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King James passed the English Bill of Rights.
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Massachusetts bay colony had expanded to include the Pilgrims Plymouth Rock.
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Revolutions in both religious and non religious thought transformed western world.
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Carolina split into North and South Carolina.
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20,000 enslaved Africans were living in South Carolina.
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King George II granted a charter to Oglethorpe.
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Oglethorpe founded the city of Savannah.
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Molasses Act put into affect.
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Ministers began holding revivals.
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The Great awakining Began
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Enslaved Africans became the main source of labor.
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Enlighten movement was put into affect.
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France and Great Britain struggled for control of territory in North America
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British government made Georgia a royal colony.
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Fighting began in Europe, leading up to the Seven Year’s War.
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Philadelphia became largest British colonial city.
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Britain received Florida.
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May 1763- Pontiac’s Rebellion began.
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Britain and France signed the Treaty of Paris.
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Proclamation of 1763 issued.
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70% of men and 45% of women could read and write.
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Delaware remained part of Pennsylvania until 1776
