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Important Event: House of Burgesses
- The first legislature in the English colonies in America.
- The House met once a year and could create laws. These laws, however, could be vetoed by the governor.
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Important Event: Mayflower Compact
-It was a social contract among the Pilgrims that they would follow the compact's ordinances to maintain order and survive.
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New York Colony
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Maryland Colony
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Important Event: Navigation Acts
- The laws were designed to protect British economic interests in colonial trade and to protect its industry against the rapidly growing Dutch navigation trade.
- This law restricted trade of Asian and African goods going to the British Islands and American colonies.
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North Carolina Colony
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Pennsylvania Colony
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Georgia Colony
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Important Event: Great Awakening
- 1739-1744
- A movement of religious revival
- During the Great Awakening, people returned to religion. There was an increase in Church attendance and preaching.
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Important Event: Seven Year War (French & Indian War)
- The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.