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1.3 million slaves in the United States
This was done through a heavy slave trade along the Middle Passage from Africa to Europe, South America, Caribbean, and the United States. -
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Salem Witch Trials
16th and 17th century: witchcraft scares swept across Europe but were winding down -
Plymouth Company
The Plymouth Company was a joint-stock company with the purpose to establish settlements along the Atlantic coast. They tried to send 100 men to Maine to establish a colony, but failed within that year as they were not prepared for the weather conditions or low amount of resources when they arrived. -
London Company
Another joint-stock company to establish settlement along the Atlantic coast further down than the Plymouth Company did. London Company was granted North Carolina to New York. -
Established Jamestown
The English ships sailed up the James River and settled in what they established as Jamestown. These Englishmen were in search for gold, but did not know how to produce or develop farms. They would rather starve than work on fields to live. This allowed diseases and sickness to settle in. -
Quebec was established
Quebec became a cast fur-trading enterprise for New France. Samuel de Champlain was the leader at the time. The conflict between Spain and Native Americans reduced the Iroquois population. -
King James I claim to rule by divine right
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Tobacco in Virginia
English first tried to sell It in England, but they did not like the bitter taste of the tobacco. John Rolfe (Pocahontas' husband) planted sweeten tobacco in Virginia, which then became Virginia's cash crop. "noxious weed,... loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs" -King James I -
Women and 1st African slaves arrive in Jamestown, Virginia
This was an important year as Dutch brought 20 women and African slaves as indenture servants in exchange for supplies. There was a labor force where indentured servants worked for 7 years to pay off their debt. -
1st African slaves arrived
As the Dutch came to the New World, they brought African slaves to begin their slave trade. Slavery was an important aspect of the Dutch. http://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0145 -
Mayflower to Plymouth Rock
100 men and women sail out on Mayflower and landed ay Plymouth Rock. This became the first permanent settlement of Europeans in New World. -
1st permanent Dutch settlement
The Dutch had Henry Hudson, an English sea captain, discover the Northwest passage through North America, which he failed at doing. However, he found the Hudson River. They established New Netherlands in modern-day New York and chartered the Dutch West Company in 1621 throughout colonies they established in Africa, the Caribbean, and North America. -
Royal Colony in Virginia
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Anglican Church established church of Virginia
They did this by the House of Burgesses. They followed deism, which is a "natural" philosophy of religion that believe in a supreme being creating the world and allowed to operate through laws of nature, and did not intervene directly in history or people's lives -
Maryland
The settlers arrived in 1634 and bought land from Native Americans. Shortly after, there was rapid growth and prosperity in Maryland. Then, the House of Assembly was made in 1639 and then divided into upper and lower houses in 1650. -
Established Hartford, CT
Thomas Hooker disagreed with Mass Bay leaders and convinced his family and 100 others to move with him in the state of what we know as Connecticut where they established Hartford and formed their colony 3 years later. -
New Hampshire
New Hampshire was the only planned colony.which was granted to Captain John Mason. The settlers built Pannaway Plantation and exerted was found in 1638. -
Turning point for the Dutch
This year marked the turning point for the Dutch as profits flowed to Amsterdam -
Body of Liberties
The Body of Liberties contained 100 liberties and considered to be precursor to general laws of Massachusetts and state Constitution within the Mass Bay Colony. -
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Puritan Revolution
Puritans dominated the politics, religion, and culture of New England. The Puritans wanted to "purify" the church of England. This Revolution sought to reduce influence of ritual and hierarchy. The New England Puritans set out to build their utopia by creating communities of the godly as a model for England. -
Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland, found New Amsterdam in disarray and helped it grow and become a more successful colony. https://www.landofthebrave.info/peter-stuyvesant.htm -
Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts
The laws and liberties was the basis of civil and criminal law until the 18th center and reflect Puritan concerns. -
Massachusetts Law on Death Penalty for Minors
Imposed death penalty on children over 16 who cursed or refused to obey parents -
Puritans defeated and beheaded King Charles I
King Charles I made two resolutions that worked against the Puritans in 1629. They were that "whoever brought innovations in religion into the country was an enemy" and "levied customs duties without consent of Parliament was an enemy of the kingdom". -
Navigation Act of 1651
It was aimed at the Dutch. Goods could be imported only by English ships and intended to cripple Dutch freight trade -
Charles II Colonial Policy established 2 advisory bodies
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Navigation Act of 1660
Certain enumerate articles produced in Empire could only be shipped to England or to another British colony -
Connecticut recognized by King
New Haven, another group of Puritans who were stricter in their interpretation of the law settled in Connecticut. However, Connecticut was not officially recognized by the King until 1662 -
Virginia recognized slavery
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Halfway Covenant
Located in Massachusetts. They extended partial church membership to church members children who had not experience conversion -
Carolina was granted 8 proprietors
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Staple Act
All European goods must pass through England -
New Netherlands (New York and New Jersey)
The King granted New Netherlands to his brother, Duke of York -
The Treaty of Albany
Ceded New Jersey to Sir George Cateret and Lord Berkley -
Maryland First Slave Legislature
“All Negroes or other slaves hereafter imported into province shall serve for life as should their children” -
Society of Friends began to surface
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Baptism did not change status of slaves
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John Locke's Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina
It was 120 detailed paragraphs that was originally rejected by most already living there. -
The Joint Council for Trade and Plantations was created
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Plantation Duty Act
Colonial merchants pay a duty on enumerated articles shipped from one colony to another -
The Committee of the Privy Council on Trade and Plantations was created
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Bacon's Rebellion
Started with an argument over a pig. In 1660, there were 40,000 colonists in Virginia that carried small elites and many poor workers. -
3,000 slaves in Virginia
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Pennsylvania used King's debt
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Charter of Liberties and Privileges
New Jersey and New York became a Royal Colony -
Monmouth's Rebellion
The political motives for England were through several events, including the Monmouth's Rebellion of 1685. There was an attempt to overthrow James II, which lead to a family tree of ruling shortly after. -
800 Quakers in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia was known as the City of Brotherly Love and the first planned city in English colonies -
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Dominion of New England
English governing organization that united the New England colonies into a single administrative unit -
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Glorious Revolution
There was a bloodless coup to overthrow King James II in 1688, which this revolution included abolishing absolutism and establishing a constitutional monarchy. Then, in 1689 the English of Bill of Rights came out as It was a huge influence on North American and Constitution. In other words, this increased the power of Parliament in 1688 and made Willian and Mary the kind and queen of England. -
1,500 slaves in South Carolina
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Virginia banned interracial marriages
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Salem Witch Trials began
February: Betty and Abigail, two young girls named Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba for committing witchcraft
May: 2 dozen accused of witchcraft, which required a special court of Oyer and Terminer
June: Accusations spread to neighboring cities
October: 140 indicted, 50 confessed, 26 convicted, 20 executed, and 1 crushed to death by stones -
Virginia slaves accused of capital crimes
Virginia slaves accused of committing a capital crimes prohibited from asserting right to trail by jury or right to appeal a conviction -
Navigation Act of 1696
Established admiralty courts
