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Jamestown the first permanent English settlement
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The First Slaves brought to America
Slaves were brought into the new world. Those who reached Luanda were branded and jammed into pens until there was room for them on one of 36 slave ships that left in 1619 for the New World, carrying a total of about 15,000 enslaved people. Hampson, R. (2019, August 26). How an accidental encounter brought slavery to the United States. Retrieved from https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2019/08/21/american-slavery-began-1619-project-documents-brutal-journey/1968793001/. -
House of Burgesses
The first legislature in the colonies and was established in Jamestown, Virginia. -
Plymouth Colony
Puritans that landed in Massachusetts the Puritans can on the Mayflower. They called the Pilgrims and later became an American tradition Thanksgiving. -
Virginia Law 1662
Children that were born from an African or negro woman were sentenced to slavery for life. If a white settler had a child with an African slave then the child would be a slave for life. The Law stated that all children born in this country shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother -
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Bacon's Rebellion
The Doeg Indians raided a tobacco plantation on July 1675. Governor Berkeley ordered an investigation which caused problems with the Doeg Indians. Bacon was trader and was accused of taking the law into his own hands. Bacon wanted to be the General against fighting the Indians and Berkeley denied him. -
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King Philip's War
King Philip's War was known as Metacom’s War or the First Indian War. This was the last attempt for the Indians to drive out the English settlers from their land. This was the deadliest war, even more than the Civil War. -
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Glorious Revolution
This involved the overthrow of the Catholic king James II. This event ultimately changed how England was governed.This ended with a battle over Catholics and Protestants. The two new rulers accepted more restrictions from Parliament than any previous monarchs, causing an unprecedented shift in the distribution of power throughout the British realm. This impacted the 13 colonies they were no longer under strict Protestant rules.
