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Chesapeake Colonies
First Chesapeake Bay Voyage: Captain John Smith King James I: royal charters for colonization of Virginia
Original attempts failed; already home to Algonquians; Jamestown founded -
Jamestown
Royal Charters for colonization
840 out of 900 died during first winter; survived with the help of Algonquian tribes -
Great Migration
[Date approximate] Massachusetts Bay Colony
Puritans moved to Massachusetts to protect religion -
The Bloody Tenet of Persecution
[Date approximate] Roger Williams angered at religious persecution
"forced worship stinks in god's nostrils"; led to King Charles II's eventual order of a stop to religious persecution in Massachusetts -
French Crescent/Cardinal Richelieu
[Date approximate] French Prime Minister Cardinal Richelieu ordered the creation of a Catholic empire in North America
Became the French Crescent: 70,000 population by 1750; St. Lawrence R to Mississippi R -
King Philip's War
Indian men executed for murder; Wampanoag lands surrendered to colonists; Metacomet angered
4,000 Algonquians dead, 2,000 colonists dead; Metacomet killed -
Bacon's Rebellion
Susquehannock conflicted with expanding tobacco farmers
Nathaniel Bacon murdered Indians; burned Jamestown -
Letter on Tolerance
[Date approximate] John Locke: Churches were voluntary societies; religious beliefs could and should not be forced; the state sanctioning of a religion did not guarantee its truth
Tolerance Act passed one year later: Massachusetts slowly allowed other religions -
King William's War
[Date approximate] Began 75 years of conflict between English and French colonists
Treaty of Ryswick ended individual war -
Salem Witch Trials
[Date approximate] Single, childless women were suspicious; Puritans had zero tolerance for practicing religion the "wrong" way
“Witches”, Anglicans, Baptists, and Quakers were exiled, jailed, whipped, and executed
King Charles II ordered a stop to religious persecution -
Florida Slave Policy
[Date approximate] Florida outlawed slavery
Population of escaped slaves developed -
Virginia Slave Code
[Date approximate] Established that baptism could not free slaves, creoles inherited their mother's status, and beating slaves would not be considered a felony -
Great Awakening
[Date approximate] Religion was declining
Various religious figures gathered crowds of soon-to-be-godfearing people; # of churches increased with population -
Stono Rebellion
Escaped slaves stole weapons and marched towards Florida
Most were killed as they stopped to celebrate and rest in a field -
Royal African Company/African Slavery
[Date approximate] Company chartered
Slave trade strenghtened participating African areas and weakened parts of Africa that lost people