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Jamestown Settled
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1st African Slaves Arrive in Jamestown
At Jamestown, Virginia, approximately 20 captive Africans are sold into slavery in the British North American colonies. -
House Of Burgessess Established
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Mayflower Compact Created
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Pilgrums Arrive
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Navagation Acts
Passed to ensure that colonies would only trade with Britain -
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Salutary Neglect
Beneficial Neglect -
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French Indian War
Britain Wins -
Writs of Assistance
Enforces Navigation Acts -
Proclamation of 1763
Not Allowed of the Applachan Mountains -
Sugar Act