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