10 Events Colonial Life

  • Slave Trade

    Slave Trade

    By the 1600's Portugal, Spain, France, Holland and England all were involved with slave trade.
  • New England Confederation

    New England Confederation

    This was a group of people which each person keeps control of its own internal affairs.
  • King Charles II Dies

    King Charles II Dies

    This causes His brother James to take over and he creates the Dominion of New England
  • Glorious Revolution, and the English Bill of Rights

    Glorious Revolution, and the English Bill of Rights

    Glorious Revolution- William of Orange became the co-ruler of England
    English Bill of Rights- William and Mary excepted the document that was the English Bill of Rights
  • Plymouth and Massachusetts (including Maine) are now a royal colony

    Plymouth and Massachusetts (including Maine) are now a royal colony

    Massachusetts and Plymouth are considered a royal colony, this means that it is owned by a King
  • England goes into war with Spain

    England goes into war with Spain

    Since the colonies were doing o well Spain went into war with England
  • Resisting Slavery

    Resisting Slavery

    In 1739 the Stono Rebellion took place, 100 enslaved Africans in South Carolina took weapons from the firearms shop and killed several people.
  • French and Indian War begins

    French and Indian War begins

    Benjamin Franklin proposes the Albany Plan of Union to unite the colonies
  • Indigo growing in South Carolina

    Indigo growing in South Carolina

    By 1754 South Carolina exported about a million pounds of Indigo each year
  • African population is 10 times greater

    African population is 10 times greater

    Since Africans were used as slaves there population increased about 10 times what it was before

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