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Jamestown was the first permanent settlement in colonial america, it was made in Virginia with 104 English men. James Town was named after King James I. -
The Anglo Powhatan war was a conflict from 1609 to 1614 with the James Town colonists and Algonquin Indians. The cause of this war was the belief that the natives killed colonists from Jamestown, sparking a war between them before a peace treaty was made.
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Tobacco became a key money maker in the colonies, being known as its first "cash crop". Without tobacco a colony like Jamestown would have probably failed. -
First representative/democratic legislative body in the colonies, located in James Town Virginia -
Slaves will be used to farm cash crops like tobacco. -
The Mayflower Compact was made when forming the colony of Plymouth, signed by the Pilgrims and English Men, this was the first time that the citizens of soon-to-be Plymouth will form a government that's law is made for and by it's people, this also influenced our constitution -
Religion made up of Protestant and Roman Catholic beliefs, the church was made with the concept that there is one god who exists as 3 different persons, the father, the son, and the holy spirit. -
Puritans come to the Americas to form a colony in order to gain religious freedom and prosecution. -
Colony founded in Rhode Island which practiced slavery, 11% of population was slaves who worked in most major of jobs, as well as farming. Rhode Island was separated from the Church so it attracted many prosecuted groups, like the Jews. -
Great Britain invades and takes over the Dutch Colony New Amsterdam and renames it into "New York" honoring King York.