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Aug 21, 1580
ROANOKE ISLAND
ENGLAND FIRST ATTEMPTED TO PLANT COLONIES IN THE 1580'S IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND PRESENT DAY NORTH CAROLINA BUT BOTH ATTEMPTS WERE FAILURES. -
FRENCH MONOPOLIZING FUR TRADE`
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, HELPED ESTABLISH THE OUTPOST OF PORT ROYAL ON WHAT IS NOW NOVA SCOTIA AND THREE YEARS LATER STRAGICALLY LOCATED SO THAT HE COULD INTERCEPT THE TRAFFIC TO THE ATLANTIC, -
TOBACCO
TOBACCO PROVIDED VIRGINIA COLONIST WITH THE MERCHANTABLE COMMODITY FOR WHICH THOMAS HARRIOT HAD SEARCHED. THE SAL OF TOBACCO PRODUCED THE FIRST RETURNS ON THE INVESTMENT OF VIRGINIA COMPANY. -
HEADRIGHT GRANTS
BECAUSE TOBACCO REQUIRED A GREAT DEAL OF HAND LABOR, THE COMPANY INSTITUED AWARDS OF LARGE PLANTATIONS ON THE CONDITION THAT GRANT RECIPIENTS TRANSPORT WORKERS FROM ENGLAND AT THEIR OWN COST -
WILLIAM BRADFORD
BACKED BE THE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA COMPANY OIF LONDONAND LED BY WILLIAM BRADFORD, 102 PEOPLE EMBARKED ON THE MAYFLOWER, SAILING FROM PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND, IN SEPTEMBER -
MAYFLOWER COMPACT
BRADFORD DRAFTED A DOCUMENT IN WHICH ALL THE MEN OF THE EXPEDITION DID 'COVENANT AND COMBINETHEMSELVES TOGETHER INTO A CIVIL BODY POLITIC.' THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT WAS THE FIRST DOCUMENT OF SELF-GOVERNED IN NORTH AMERICA. -
HOUSE OF BURGESSES
IM 1624 THE KING CONVERTED VIRGINIA INTO A ROYAL COLONY, WITH CIVIL AUTHORITIES APPOINTED BY THE CROWN, ALTHOUGH THE COLONIES HOUSE OF BURGESSES, CREATED IN 1619, CONTINUED TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES OF VIRGINIA'S BOROUGHS. -
MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMPANY
A ROYAL CHARTER WAS GRANTED TO A GROUP OF WEALTHY PURITANS. THE COMPANY WAS GIVEN EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO SETTLE AND TO TRADE AS WELL AS TO 'RELIGIOUSLY, PEACEABLY, AND CIVILLY" GOVERN THE TERRITORY AND THE NATIVE PEOPLE BETWEEN THE MERRIMACK AND CHARLES RIVER. -
ROGER WILLIAMS
A CLERGYMAN WHO CAME TO NEW ENGLAND IN 1631 TO TAKE UP DUTIES FOR THE CONGREGATION IN SALEM. WILLIAMS BELIEVED IN RELIGIOUS TOLERATION AND THE SEPERATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. -
CALVERT FAMILY
KING CHARLES 1 GRANTED 10 MILLION ACRES AT THE NORTHERN END OF CHESAPEAKE BAY TO THE CALVERT FAMILY, THE LORDS BALTIMORE, IMPORTANT SUPPORTES OF THE MONOARCHY. THE CALVERTS NAMED THEIR COLONY MARYLAND, IN HONOR OF THE KING'S WIFE. -
MULATTOS
INTERRELATIONS AMOND AFRICANS, INDIANS, AND EUROPEANS PRODUCED A SIZABLE GROUP OF FREE PEOPLE OF MIXED ANCESTRY KNOWN AS MULATTOS -
NAVIGATION ACTS
RESTRICTED COLONIAL TRADE BY PREVENTING THE COLONIES FROM TRADING DIRECTLY WITH ANY NATION OTHER THAN ENGLAND. -
REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
THE COMMUNITIES OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY BECAME THE PROPRIETY COLONY OF NEW JERSEY BUT CONTINUED TO BE GOVERNED BY NEW YORK UNTIL THE 1680'S -
KING PHILLIP'S WAR
AN INDIAN REVOLT WHICH ERUPTED IN NEW ENGLAND, TURNED OUT TO BE A DISASTER FOR THE INDIAN PEOPLE. -
BACON'S REBELLION
VIOLET REAIDS LED BY WEALTHY BACKCOUNTRY SETTLER NATHANIEL BACON, INCLUDED THE INDISCRIMINATE MURDER OF INDIANS. THE EFFORTS OF THE VIRGINIA GOVERNOR TO SUPPRESS THESE UNAUTHORIZED MILITARY EXPEDITONS SO INFURIATED BACON AND HIS FOLOOWERS THE IN THE SPRING OF 1676 THEY TURNED THEIR FURY AGAINST THE COLOIAL CAPITAL OF JAMESTOWN. -
GLORIOUS RVLUTION
THE NEW MONOARCHS AGREED TO A BILL OF RIGHTS. PROMISING TO RESPECT TRADITIOAL CIVIL LIBERTIES, TO SUMMON AND CONSULT WITH PARLIAMENT ANNUALLY, ANF TO ENFORCEAND ADMINISTER PARLIAMENTARY LAGISLATION. -
GOLD COAST
BY THE EARLY 18TH CENTURY MORE THAN 2 DOZEN TRADING FORTS DOTTED THE 220 MILES OF THE GOLD COAST -
INDIAN SLAVE TRADE
IN TERMS OF SHEER PROFIT, THE MOST VALUABLE PART OF EARLY CAROLINA ECONOMY WAS THE INDIAN SLAVE TRADE. -
JAMES EDWARD OGLETHORPE
HE HOPED TO ESTABLISH A BUFFER AGAINST SPANISH INVASION FROM FLORIDA AND TO CREATE A HAVEN FOR POOR BRITISH FARMERS WHO COULD THEM SELL THEIR PRODUCTS IN THE MARKETS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. -
FALL LINE- TIDEWATER
PLANTERS EVENTUALLY EXTENDED THEIR OPERATIONS ABOVE FALL LINE WHERE WATER OR RAPIDS MARK THE END OF THE TIDEWATER AND THE BEGINNING OF THE FOOTHILL REGION KNOWN AS PIEDMONT