1600-1700 Timeline

By zach_mcd28
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    Discovery and Colonization of New World

  • Journey to New World

    Journey to New World

    Three ships on route for Virginia set sail from London.The ships carried 105 passengers, 39 crew members and took four months.
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

    In 1607, 105 men landed in Virginia and created a settlement called Jamestown.
  • Starving time

    Starving time

    After extreme drought and famine there are only 60 out of 400 people left in 1610. Only survive after Natives save them and team them to survive.
  • Discovery of Tobacco

    Discovery of Tobacco

    After the discovery of smoking Tobacco the market skyrockets and British begin to export Tobacco in the hundred thousands.
  • House of Burgusses

    House of Burgusses

    First Colonial Bi-Cameral democratic Government is formed in Virginia with 20 representatives.
  • Start of African Slave trade.

    Start of African Slave trade.

    A Dutch ship sells 20 black slaves to Jamestown. Marking the start of the triangular slave trade. The mortality rate is in the 40-60th percentile and the Virginia slave laws are cruel.
  • Navigation Act I

    Navigation Act I

    English law aimed to harm Dutch trade. Restricted goods and only allowed English imports.
  • Navigation act II

    Navigation act II

    English law that makes it to where goods can only be shipped to British territory.
  • Virginia Recognizes Slavery

    Virginia Recognizes Slavery

    Virginia recognizes slavery officially
  • Virginia Bans Interracial Marriage

    Virginia Bans Interracial Marriage

    Virginia no longer recognizes or allows interracial marriage.