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Jamestown Established
They journey began with three ships, the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery. This would be the first permanent English settlement in America -
Virginia sends first tobacco crop to England
The "noxious weed" fetched a high price in Europe. Tobacco was the most successful cash crop grown in Virginia. John Rolfe crossed -
House of Burgesses established - Slavery was born
In 1619, the Virginia Company established the House of Burgesses, a limited representative body composed of white landowners that first met in Jamestown. That same year, a Dutch slave ship sold twenty Africans to the Virginia colonists, southern slavery was born. -
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Coronation of King Charles I
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Puritan Revolution
Sought to reduce influence of ritual and hierarchy. James I was a believer in divine rights of kings, claimed to rule by divine rights and did away with Parliament and threatened to drive the Puritans out. In the end the Puritans defeated and beheaded the king. -
John Locke's Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina
This document coauthored by Locke explicitly legalized slavery from the very beginning -
Bacon' Rebellion
Indian conflicts helped trigger the revolt against royal authorities known as Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia. The rebellion began with an argument over a pig. -
Monmouth's Rebellion
This was an attempt to overthrow James II upon the death of his brother. -
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Glorious Revolution
Bloodless coup ot overthrow King James II,
Abolished absolutism,
Established constitutional monarchy
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King William's War
Devastated Native Americans of Southern New England and was mainly fought to control the fur trade.
