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German Mennonites, people in search of religious freedom. Arrived in Pennsylvania lead by a man named Franz Pastorius German born educator and poet, the German Mennonites purchased 43,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania, leading to their land being known as German town. -
In the year 1687 Sir Issac Newton Published the universal law of gravitation, off is work of Philosophize Naturalist. -
In the year 1691, South Carolina passed the first slave codes, due to a fear of rebellion. The code was based off the Jamaica slave code. -
The Salem Witch Trials were a series of trials held against women, in Salem Village, these women were accused of witchcraft. A total of 30 people were found "guilty". Many others were executed. -
The slave revolt of 1712, was a insurrection of slaves in New York. New York held around 1,000 slaves, whom took strike against their keepers. The revolt ended with mass amounts of slaves dead, as-well as stronger slave codes for the slaves left over from the mass murder. -
The Great Awakening of 1730 was a spiritual awakening for the English Colonies of America. It sparked the idea of enlightenment and new ideas of religions, ideas and thoughts. -
The Stono Rebellion of 1739, was a protest against South Carolina as a group of slaves marched down a road with banners exclaiming "Liberty" -
The British Parliament in 1740, was a act which would defend the British Nationality, strengthening it's status. -
In 1740, Johnathan Edwards sermon mainly glorified in the work of redemption, while blaming New England's morals ills on its religion of self-sufficiency. -
In 1750, the colonial population passed 1 million in people, due to the health of their citizens and plentiful of food and resources at their disposal that the colonies didn't have in the beginning.