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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus lands in America
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Jan 1, 1494
Line of Demarcation established
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Sir Walter Raleigh founds Roanoke
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England negotiates Treaty of London
ends hostility with spain -
French founds Nova Scotia
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Jamestown is established
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Champlain founds Quebec
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Massacre of 1622
Powatans nearly wipe out Jamestown. (nearly 25% of pop is killed) -
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"The Great Migration"
21,000 people migrated to new england -
visions of a democracy
direct democracy formed via town meetings and granted voting rights (limited to church members only) -
Pequot War
1st real war between americans and natives. resulted in the wiping out of the entire pequot tribe an over 500 natives. -
Harvand
founded by new england to train the clergy -
"Body of Liberties"
may have been world's 1st bill of rights -
New England Confederation
consisted of mbc, plymouth, connecticut, & new haven -
Massachusetts passes "Deluders" Law
required towns of >50 households to teach children literacy -
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Salem Witch Trials
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"Half-way" Convent
could children of 1/2 way members be babtized? contributed to the decline of puritanism -
King Phillips War
colonists beat up on wampanoags and narragensett after the Ws rampage the NE colonies. resulted in mass amounts of slavery and the extinction of any NE native tribes from the map. -
Dominion of New England
created by lords of trade with the goal to unite all colonies from nova scotia to delaware under 1 government. angered colonists because they viewed it as tyrrany. ended with british officials realizing the didnt have complete control anymore and the colonists feeling like they could make a differece. -
Sir Edmund Andros appointed to lead DNE
appointed by James II; resented greatly by colonists -
William Mary College
1st Southern College. founded by VA -
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Enlightment
liberty, equality, dignity and happiness, progress and rationality, represenative democracy -
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The Great Awakening
spread throughout the middle and souther colonies. main things were religious style and arminianism -
James Oglethorp founds Georgia
the last english colony and provided a haven for debtors -
Zenger Case
paved way for freedom of expression. -
Stono Rebellion
largest slave revolt in colonial history, where slaves sought after spanish florida. and slave system became more strictly controled -
George Whitefield
comes to america and feeds off of edwards' ideas -
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stratification and diversity occurs
except for new england. 1/2 population was non-english -
slaves constituted 20% of colonial population