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Three British ships carried a small group of colonists up the James River in Virginia until empty land was discovered and Jamestown became the first major settlement in what became America. Jamestown would be where most pilgrims would disperse from and seek other locations. -
Planted by John Rolfe, tobacco was the crop that saved Jamestown and soon became a large scale export. -
As a result of a labor shortage, slaves were first brought to Virginia and were used to tend tobacco farms. -
The Pilgrims came over from Great Britain seeking a new life and religious freedom -
The Maryland Toleration Act ensured religious freedom of the settlers. -
A law of hereditary slavery meaning that a child born to an enslaved mother inherits her slave status, growing the slave population. -
An armed conflict in 1675–1678 between the indigenous inhabitants of New England and the New England colonists and their indigenous allies. -
An armed rebellion held by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against Colonial Governor William Berkeley. It was the first rebellion in the North American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part. -
Series of hangings and persecution of women believed to be involved in witchcraft. Thirty were found guilty and nineteen were executed.