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Africans in the New World
These were the first Africans that arrived to Virginia. There approximately 19 or so slaves that reached the English colonies in Jamestown, Virginia, brought by the Dutch traders who had seized them from a captured Spanish slave ship. Ultimately leading to the gradual and abundant importation of slave, making history. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was a agreement to form a majoritarian government in Plymouth, signed aboard the Mayflower, consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers and tradesmen. The Puritans were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of England. -
King Philip's War
The King Philip's War were a series of assaults by Metacom, King Philip, on English settlements in New England. The attackers slowed the westward migration of New England settlers for several decades. -
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Dominion Of New England
The dominion of New England was a union created by royal authority, incorporating all New England, New York, and East and West Jersey. Placed under the rule of Sir Edmund Andros who curbed popular assemblies, taxed residents without their consent and strictly enforced Navigation Laws. -
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Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials was a series of trials launched after a group of adolescent girls in Salem, Massachusetts, claimed to have been bewitched by certain older women of the town. 20 individuals were put to death before the trails were put to an end by the Governor of Massachusetts. The cause of these trails still perplex historians today has to why this all happened. -
New York Slave Revolt
The New England Slave Revolt of 1712 was an uprising in New York City, the British Province of New York, of 23 enslaved Africans. This resulted in the deaths of nine whites and brutal execution of twenty-one participating blacks.