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Jan 1, 1492
Columbus Landing (1492)
When Columbus started sailing around- He had a plan to get slaves, and gold. At first, he found himself in Haiti (his base). He sent out expeditions to the interior, and he soon found no gold fields- but he had to fill up his ships to return to spain. So they went out to find slaves, they got around 1,500 slaves. They also picked dogs out, out of 500 dogs, 200 died en route back to spain. The other 300 were sold once they were back in spain. -
Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
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Jamestown, VA (1607)
Jamestown, Virginia was originally settled in 1607 by some of the first permanent settlers of the Unites States. John Smith was the big boy who made all the rules. They pushed a lot of Indian tribes out of their land in order to expand settlement, such as the Anglo-Powhatans. -
Pequot Indians as Slaves in Massachusetts (1637)
Massachusetts was the first slave holding colony in New-England. New England’s first slave holder in Massachusetts in 1624. But the first certain reference to slavery was during the Pequot war in 1637. The Pequot Indians in central Connecticut were affected by European settlers- so they fought back. In time Massachusetts and Connecticut joined militia forces, and went to a Pequot village; some of the Indians that escaped were forced into slavery. But those Indians were eventually traded for Afri -
King Phillip's War (1675-1676)
As the population rose in the colonies, it pushed the Native Americans out of their land and caused famine due to lack of resources. A Native American chief Metacom took a stand against the colonists in an effort to get back their resources and eliminate the intruders of their land. Several tribes banded together under Metacom’s leadership to defeat the colonists. King Phillip’s War had begun in 1675 when the Puritans being attacked by Native Americans - they had destroyed and burned many settle -
Bacon's Rebellion (July 30th, 1676)
During the seventeenth-century in Virginia, laborers and servants were left with little to no economic independence. Governor William Berkeley fear rebellion. Because “six out of seven parts” were in poverty, angry, and they were armed. Nathaniel Bacon focused his anger at local Indians, which felt they were holding back settlement. Then in the summer and fall of 1676 Bacon and his followers rose up and “plundered the elite states” then slaughtered the nearby Indians. Bacon’s declaration challen -
Proclamation of 1763 (Paxton Boys)
The royal proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III on October 7th, 1763. After the French/Indian wars. This proclamation forbade settlers to “draw a line” along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Treaty of Paris (September 3rd, 1783)
The treaty of Paris was a document that was signed by some of the representatives of King George III of Great Britain. Then it was once again signed by representatives of the United States of America on September 3rd, 1783. Which ended the American Revolutionary War.
