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Freedom Dues
Exact date not possible, term was used throughout the 1600's. Cause- A term of service to a certain colonist in turn for their helping another to get to the American colonies.
Effect- Allowed indentured servants who'd finished their term start a new life of their own. -
John Calvin
Exact date not available. Cause- Lacking religious faith and large religious persecution.
Effect- Many religious conflicts that would come between colonies and races. -
William Penn
No date availble. Cause- religious persecution lead by the puritans in North American.
Effect- Founded Pennsylvania, and fought for relidious toleration. -
Journeyman
Exact date not available. Cause- The wish of young men to become succesful craft and service men.
Effect- Young men travelling across the east coast in order to get their service known in hopes of one day setting down shop as a crafts or serviceman. -
Redemptioners
Exact date not available. Cause- Families who could not afford to come to North America on their own financial status.
Effect- Families being sold into service of other colonists and sometimes being split up from eachother. -
Predestination
Exact date not available. Cause- The idea that god had a premeditated idea of who he would save during the second coming. also known as calvanism.
Effect- Religious tension between different factions, especially during the conflict between New and Old Lights. -
Royal Charters
Exact date not available. Cause- unsupervised colonization of the mid-Atlantic region of the new world.
Effect- Set regulation for colonization of the virginia region by joint-stock companies -
Jamestown
Exact date not available Cause- A town created by the Virginia Company in honor of the king of England.
Effect- Became the first permanent English colony in North America. -
Tobbaco
Exact date not available. Cause- Found on an expedition of the new world by Scientist named Thomas Harriot.
Effect- Provided the Virginia colonists and later all of the colonists with a merchantable commodity. -
Headright Grants
Exact date not available. Cause- the large amount of hand labor that growing and harvesting tobacco required, Effect- All plantation owners had to transport their own laborers from England at their own cost. -
Squanto
Exact date not available. Cause- Being kidnapped by an English ship captain.
Effect- Lead to him being an adviser to the Wampanoag indians and a guide to the English. -
Mayflower Compact
Exact date not available. Effect- Some suspition of the power that the pilgrims had over themselves.
Cause- Lead to the first instance of self-government in North America, and lead to confidence in pilgrim power. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Exact date not available. Cause- The signing of the royal charters by King James I.
Effect- The exlusive right for the Massachusetts Bay Colony to colonize the land between the merrimack river and the atlantic. -
Great Migration
Exact date not available. Cause- Puritan immigration to North America.
Effect- Colonization of the 30 miles of land around Boston, and the 75 miles west of Boston to the Conneticut River Valley. -
Oliver Cromwell
Exact date not available. Cause- A civil war in England and the execution of King Charles.
Effect- The release of religious tension on the puritans in England, and even the return of some puritans to England. -
Navigation Acts
Exact date not available. Cause- A large number of countries that participated in the colonial commerce system (ship and trade).
Effect- The exclusion of the dutch from English trade. -
King Phillip's War
Exact date not available. Cause- The large amount of tension between the colonists of New England and the Native Indians of that area ( the Algonquians).
Effect- The end of coordinated indian revolt and resistance of the Colonists by native americans. -
Glorious Revolution
Exact date not available. Cause- The imperious style practiced by King James II.
Effect- The creation of a bill of rights and the transition of england into a constitutional monarchy. -
Salem Witch Trials
Exact date not available. Cause- A group of girls who claimed to have been bewitched by a group of old men and women.
Effect- The death of 20 Salem colonists, and the exposure of the dark side of the puritan faith, specifically on the topic of women. -
Wool act of 1699
Exact date not available. Cause- a want by the English government to eliminate competition for certain products that could be made by colonists.
Effect- Wool was illegal to produce by colonists of british relation. -
Gold Coast
Exact date not available. Cause- African slavery, and a need for trading posts at the source of the slave trade.
Effect- Lead to more than two dozen trading posts along the african coast. -
Impact of Slave Trade on Africa
Exact date not possible. Cause- The trade of africans as slaves in North America and England.
Effect- A collapsed economy due to a loss of millions of men and women. -
Mercantilism
Exact date not possible. Cause- A want by european powers to ensure that the wealth produced by slavery would benefit their states.
Effect- The economy would now essentially be controlled by the governing european state of any colony. -
Commodity Money
Exact date not available. Cause- a need for some unit to measure payment.
Effect- led to use of foriegn coins pronounced dollars. -
Quakers
Exact date not possible. Cause- Puritan reign in North America.
Effect- came to be banned from colonies by the puritans because of their continuous preaching of the quaker faith. -
Enlightenment
Exact date not available. Cause- The discoveries of 17th century scientists like Galileo and Copernicus.
Effect- lead to many logical colonists to stray from their unwaivering faith in god and turned to the belief that the universe is controlled by natural lawes that could be understood. -
Rationalism
Exact date not available. Cause- A damaged religious foundation in North America and Britain.
Effect- lead to the Great Awakening in North America. -
Old Lights
Exact date not available. Cause- Religious tension between different denominations and different religious factions alike.
Effect- The splitting of congregations across the east coast. *old lights condemmed the idea of a direct relationship with god. -
New Lights
Exact date not available. Cause- Religious tension between different denominations and religious factions alike.
Effect- Caused a splitting of congregations across the east coast. *new lights demanded a revival of calvanism or the idea that god has premeditated who he will save. -
Immigration Policies
Exact date not available. Cause- The beliefe that with a greater population there would be a larger foundation for growth.
Effect- 150000 men and women who had relocated to the colonies due to the lackadasical immigration policies held by England. -
Arminianism
Exact date not available. Cause- The fear that the calvanist beliefe brought to puritan members.
Effect- lead to conflict between different religious factions, especially during the struggle between New and Old Lights. -
Maroons
Exact date not possible. Cause- the harsh conditions that slaves and indians indured.
Effect- lead to the creation of the colony of Florida where slaves and indians were allowed to live free of slavery. -
Fall Line
Exact date not available. Cause- Growing need to grow more and more tobacco in North America.
Effect- Allowed the colonists to make profit. more than 1/4 of all of the value of all colonial exports. -
Virginia Slave Code
Exact date not available. Cause- a increasingly scewed proportion of slaves to colonists in North America.
Effect- Would become a model for other colonies to control their slaves. -
Great Awakening
Exact date not available. Cause- A rise in the amount of colonists who turned to enlightenment or rationalism.
Effect- caused a wide spread revival of religious enthusiams throughout North America. -
Hiving Off
Exact date not available. Cause- The growing Anglican, Baptist, and Presbyterian populations in North America.
Effect- the creation of new towns and churches by members who had broken off from their original congregation and town. -
Hat act of 1732
Exact date not available. Cause- A want by the English to eliminate competition for some products that could be made by colonists.
Effect- hats were no longer allowed to be made by the colonists of british decent. -
James Oglethorpe
Exact date not available. Cause- Created colony of Georgia under an act of English parliament.
Effect- Prohibited slavery in Georgia as an experiment, which failed, and lead Georgia into the slave trade. -
Georgia
Exact date not available. Cause- Created by an act of English parliament under the leader James Oglethorpe.
Effect- Due to use of slaves by colonists, the colony became an extension of the Carolina low-country slave system. -
Molasses act of 1733
Exact date not available. Cause- The purchase and distribution of sugars bought in the west indies by colonists.
Effect- lead to prohibition of sugars bought in the west indies, though, the laws were very lazily enforced. -
Stono Rebellion
Exact date not available. Cause- A series of violent revolts in South Carolina and Georgia by slaves who were sick of the conditions that they were forced to deal with.
Effect- Gave a model for more slave rebellions to come and would eventually help lead to the shut down of the Charelston slave trade. -
Log College
Exact date not available. Cause- A leader of the Great Awakening named William Tennent created the college in order to train like-minded men in his faith.
Effect- lead to conflict between revivalists and the old gaurd in the presbyterian faith. would be mimicked by old and new lights. -
Iron act of 1750
Exact date not available. Cause- A want of the english to eliminate any competition that the colonists may have presented by making iron.
Effect- the colonists of british decent were no longer allowed to create iron.- this along with the hat and wool act were merely a few of the many economical restrictions that england placed on the colonists.
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Junipero Serra
Exact date not available. Cause- Rumors of Russian expansion along the northern pacific coast.
Effect- He and Gaspar de Portola created the first missionary in what is now modern day california. -
"Country Born Slaves"
Exact date not available. Cause- the slave trade starting around 30 years earlier.
Effect- the majority of slaves would be country born during and after this period. -
Blackhawk Down
A mission to capture a somalian leader leads to the death of 18 soldiers and loss of two black hawk helicopters. -
OJ simpson
Oj simpson found innocent on claims of murdering his wife.
he would later go through more trials which would also lead to innocence. -
Unibomber
Unibomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski pleads guilty to accusations and accepts a life sentence without the possibility of parole. -
Columbine
On April 20th, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a massacre in Columbine highschool in littleton colorado killing 12 students and 1 teacher. -
John Elway
On September 13 1999, john elway was inducted into the football hall of fame in a ceremony at Mile High Stadium in Denver. -
9/11
on september 11th 2001 coordinated attacks by Al-Qaeda lead to the distruction of the World Trade Center and the death of an estimated 3000 people. -
Columbia space shuttle
Space shuttle columbia disintegrates over Palestine, Texas losing all 7 of its crew members before nearly concluding its 28th mission. -
Large Hadron Collider
The large hadron collider was launched for the first time, despite the fear of it generating black holes. 9 days later it was shut down due to major breakdown in the construction. -
Michael Jackson
On june 25th the "king of pop" michael jackson died due to an overdose of a hospital seditive. -
Les Paul
On August 13th, the inventor of the electric guitar and multi-track recorder died of complications due to pneumonia.