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Virginia Company is Created
James 1 creates the Virginia company for managing the funds required for colonization. -
Jamestown Founded
The London Company founds the first permanent English settlement is founded in Virginia. -
John Rolfe creates Virginia tobacco
Rolfe crossed Trinidad and Guiana tobaccos and created a popular strain, setting off a tobacco boom and increasing immigration to Jamestown. -
House of Burgesses is established
The Virginia company established the House of Burgesses as a representative body. -
First slaves brought to Virginia
Ditch slavers sold 20 Africans to the colonists, beginning the tradition of Sothern slavery. -
Plymouth Colony is founded
Puritan colonists on the Mayflower cross the ocean and land at Plymouth. They draw up the Mayflower Compact and found the Plymouth settlement. -
Opechancanough Massacres the Virginia Colonists
Opechancanough attacks the colonists killing 1/3rd of them and beginning the colonists retaliation against his incursion. -
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Great Migration
20,000 people travel to the New World. Mainly puritans attempting to escape persecution. -
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Pequot War
Massachusetts Bay colonists defeated Natives and sold them into slavery. -
Navigation act
Parliament forced the colonies to trade exclusively with Britain, severely limiting their trade ability. -
England assumes control of New Amsterdam
England conquers New Amsterdam and renames it New York. -
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King Philip's War
A war between the Native Wampanoag tribe and the colonists. The colonists were the victors. -
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Salem Witch Trials
Paranoia regarding the supernatural sweeps the colonies and men and women are tried as witchs.