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American Life in the seventeenth Century
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First Africans arrive in Virginia
Chesapeake settlers arrive in Virginia -
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First Africans arrive in Virginia
Africans adapted to the New World -
Population of English colonies in America about 2,000
Population in the new land reaches 2,000 -
Harvard College founded
first college ever founded in America. Harvard University -
Half-way covenant for congregational Church membership established
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Virginia assembly disfranchises landless freemen
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Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia
Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion starts -
Mass expansion of slavery in colonies
by 1680s slavery expands in the American colonies -
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Leisler's Rebellion in NewYork
Leisler's Rebellion begins -
1692 Salem witch trials in Massachusetts
The trial of Salem witch