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The first colony in the new world is founded and named Virginia.
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The First African Slaves arrived in 1619 to Virginia, where they were wanted to work on the colonists farms. At first they were treated as indentured servants, until their term grew longer and longer until it as lifelong.
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The first successful ironworks in the colonies began in Massachusetts in 1646.
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The Navigation Acts are several laws to control colonial trade and ensure the colonies remained profitable.
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The New Jersey colony was successfully founded in 1660.
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King William and Queen Mary took the throne from King James II in a peaceful revolution.
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A new charter makes Massachusetts, including Maine and Plymouth, a royal colony.
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By the 1700's, overseas trade from the colonies grew quickly, allowing the colonies to make more money than before.
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This plantation was a big farm used for only harvesting and planting rice. Large plantations like this one often encouraged the growth of slavery.
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100 enslaved Africans in South Caroline took weapons from a firearm shop and killed several people.