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Joint-Stock Company
Plymouth Company- Granted North Carolina to New York -
Establishment of Jamestown
Established the town of Jamestown in VA -
Establishment of Quebec
New France established Quebec. Quebec became the fur -trading enterprise -
John Smith
Became president of Jamestown colony. Established trading agreements with the Native Americans through Pocahontas. Later that year in October he died of a gunshot wound. -
Santa Fe
The Spanish established Santa Fe -
Tobacco
John Rolfe, an English settler, planted sweeter tobacco in Va. Became VA's cash crop. -
Holland Settlment
Established the Dutch/Holland settlement -
Important year for Jamestown
Year women arrived. First Africans arrive from dutch ships. House of Burgesses where laws were starting to be passed. -
First Africans arrive to Dutch Settlement
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Plymouth Colony
Sept.- 100 Men and Women set sail on the Mayflower
Nov.- Mayflower Compact was signed
Dec.-Landed at Plymouth Rock -
Jamestown Good Friday
Henry Hudson organized the permanent settlement. -
Dutch Settlement
Henry Hudson organized the permanent settlement. -
James Charter
The king terminated its charter therefore making it a royal colony. -
Settlers Arriving
They arrived in MD and bought land from the Native Americans. -
Thomas Hooker
Puritan leader who established Hartford -
New Hampshire founded
Founded under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts -
Maryland
House of Assembly. Colony of Connecticut was formed by Hooker -
New Hampshire came under jurisdiction of Massachusetts
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Puritan Revolution
Purify the church and get rid of anything unpure, which would be Catholicism to them. Influence of ritual and hierarchy of James I. -
Laws and Liberties
Massachusetts Bay Colony basis of civil and criminal law. Based this off of the puritans. -
House of Assembly
Divided into two parts- lower and upper houses.
Slavery started being recognized in the American colonies -
Navigation Act of 1651
Restrict the shipping of Dutch -
Navigation Act of 1660
Controlling colonial trade to England/ New World. British parliament approved of this. -
Conneticut
Recognized by the King therefore becoming a royal colony -
Staple Act
King Charles II created this act, increasing the trade -
John Locke’s Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina
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Charles II colonial Policy
Joint Council for Trade and Plantations -
Plantation Duty Act
Goods must be sent to England -
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King Phillip's War
This war was fought between New England and Native Americans. English Colonists won. -
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Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon, large landowner in the West, rebeled against Berkeley because we wanted to attack the Native Americans instead of keeping the peace between the two cultures. -
Separation of New Hampshire
King Charles II decided to divide New Hampshire into Vermont as well. -
King's Debt
Penn, a Quaker who founded a colony in Pennsylvania, asked the king to give him a patent for a Quaker refuge in the New World. -
Monmouth's Rebellion/ Quakers
an attempt to overthrow James II
Growth of Quakers: Philadelphia became the first planned city in the English Colonies and also 8000 Quakers lived there. -
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Glorious Revolution
Overthrowing of king James II. Throughout this time English Bill of Rights were established -
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Period of Salem Witch Trials
Indirect manifestation between God and Satan. Betty and Abigail were the first 2 girls to have "started" it. Over a dozen were accused of practicing witchcraft. -
Navigation Act of 1696
