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The first Africans in the English colonies most likely arrived in Virginia in 1619.
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George Calvert died before the charter was signed in 1632. His oldest son, Cecilius Calvert, became the new Lord Baltimore and the owner of the new colony.
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Lord Baltimore recieves a charter for the Maryland Colony.
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In 1633, the Calverts sent the first group of colonists to Maryland.
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In 1649, Maryland passed the Toleration Act, which gave religious freedom to all Christians in the colony.
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In 1663, England's new king, Charles II, granted land for another colony, called Carolina.
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In 1669, they adopted a constitution for Carolina.
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In 1699, Williamsburg became its capital.
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In the early 1700s, Virginia was the largest English colony in North America.
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In the early 1700s, most towns, farms, and plantations in the English colonies were established near the coast, on the Coastal Plain.
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By the late 1700s, the Christian religion also became a source of strength for some enslaved people.
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In 1702, Anglican Church became the colony's official church.
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In 1711, their land losses caused the Tuscarora to attack several settlements.
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In 1712, the Lords Proprietors split the colony into North Carolina and South Carolina.
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When the war finally ended in 1713, about 950 Tuscarora had been either killed or captured and sold into slavery.
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By 1727, England's new ruler, King George II, knew that to gain control of the area, he had to send colonists there.
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Baltimore, Maryland, was founded in 1729 on the Patapsco River, which flows into Chesapeake Bay.
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In 1733, the first group of colonists founded the settlement of Savannah.
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In 1738, Fort Mose became the first settlement in North America for free Africans.
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By the 1740s, indigo was a major cash crop throughout South Carolina.
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By the mid-1700s, many settlers were moving west of the Coastal Plain.
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By the mid-1700s, slavery was legal in every colony.
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By 1750, settlers had moved west and started large plantations farther inland.
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By the mid-1700s, towns along the southern Atlantic coast, such as Norfolk and Savannah, had grown into large cities.
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In 1751, Georgia's leaders decided to allow slavery.
