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First successful British colony. Located inland of virgina.
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Disease, drought and a harsh winter caused a very intense time period for colonists. People dug up dead bodies to eat. Only 60 people survived.
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The growing and shipping of newly discovered tobacco saved Jamestown, and tobacco became a cash crop.
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The Dutch sailed 20 African slaves bought by Britian to Virginia. They did this because there was an increasing need for a labor force in agriculture.
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First representative body in colonial Britian. Located in Virgina it was a bicameral government system with general elections made by land-owners to vote for Burgesses, also had a royally appointed council
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Pilgrims and strangers arrived at Plymouth and created the Mayflower compact, Which was a set of rules for a self-governed government and was an agreement between the settlers arriving in Plymouth.
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Bacan wanted more land for farming so he asked William Berkeley to remove natives so he can get more land. Berkeley refused causing Bacan to do it himself creating a militia of 40,000 colonists. Eventually being elected for assembly and then begging Berkeley more, which Berkeley said he might as well kill him because its not gonna happen. So Bacan burned Jamestown to the ground
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Phillip was a native that helped out the colonists and had a good relationship with them. This changed when the colonist tried to take more of their land causes the natives and colonist to go to war. This ended in Phillips head being decapitated and displayed on a pole in Plymouth for 20 years.
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It was the first colonial war between European powers. It was a war primarily between France and Britian over territorial conflicts. Also called the Seven year war
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A scare of Witches spread through out Europe and America and was a time in which women were accused of being a witch and killed. The people who accused never got punished even tho they basically killed many in innocent women.
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Imposed a tax on Sugar and molasses.
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This war ended with the Treaty of Paris and caused major dept to England.
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Threatened to destabilize the entire colonial economy.
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First direct tax on American colonies. Must buy a stamp for all paper products.
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The colonist must provide shelter and food for British soldiers.
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Basically the king said i can pass any act their isn't anything you can do
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Shots fired 2 colonists died after British soldiers being attacked.
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30-130 Men dressed as natives duped tea off into the sea as a form of protest.
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Proposed to give a monopoly to the east India company on direct sales to the colonies.
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The 13 colonies declare their independence from Britain.
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Thomas Jefferson buys land from France doubling the size of America.
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Lewis and Clark start exploring the newly purchased land
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America declares war on Britain over interference with shipment and westward expansion.
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A trial that ended in the supreme court allowing congress to set up a national bank
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Main becomes a free state and Missouri becomes a slave state to maintain a balance of free and slave states.
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America declares war on mexico to gain the territory California.
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She escapes from slavery and becomes one of the most important figures in the underground rail road.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected
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the southern states seceded from the union and thus starts the civil war over states rights and slave ownership
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Robert E Lee surrenders his troops to Ulysses S Grant ending the civil war.