American History 1600-1700

By fhoecke
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    The Importation of 1.3 Million African Slaves

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    Rule of James 1

    England

  • Plymouth Company Founded

    A joint stock company, sent 100 men to establish a colony in Maine. Failed in just a year.

  • London Compnay

    Another joint stock company, granted north carolina to new york.
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    John Smith, first president of Jamestown

    Sent home detailed accounts of journey and happenings. Ruled firmly but fairly. Was wounded in a gunpowder explosion in 1609.
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    Jamestown (until charter ends)

    Founded by the London Company. Most settlers were after Gold, and didn't know how to farm. Lack of preparation led to starvation and conflicts with Native Americans.
    Jamestown's charter was ended in 1624, when it became a royal colony.

  • France Establishes Quebec

  • Henry Hudson Commissioned to Explore Northwest Passage

  • Spanish Established Santa Fe

  • Tobacco Introduced to Jamestown

    John Rolfe introduced a new breed of tobacco to American soil, and it quickly became a cash crop.

  • Women arrive in Jamestown

  • Africans arrive in Jamestown

  • House of Burgesses Established in Jamestown

  • Mayflower Arrives at Plymouth

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    William Bradford Governs Plymouth

  • Good Friday Assault

    Chief Opechancanough led assault against Jamestown.

  • First Permanent Dutch Settlement

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    Rule of Charles 1

    England

  • Maryland Founded

  • Anne Hutchinson

    Followed John Cotton to Massachusetts. Led devotional meetings and was eventual banished and excommunicated.

  • Thomas Hooker Establishes Connecticut

  • Body of Liberties

    A document containing 100 liberties, considered to be the precursor to the Law of Massachusetts and State Constitution.
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    Puritan Revolution

    England

  • Peter Stuyvesant finds New Amsterdam in terrible condition

    Holland

  • Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts

    Basis of civil and criminal law until 18th Century

  • Navigation Act of 1651

    Required vessels trading with New World to be english

  • Navigation Act of 1660

    Said that products from the new world had to be shipped to/from england or english colonies

  • Staple Act of 1663

    Anything coming to the new world had to go through England except horses, wine and salt.

  • First Slave-Oriented Legislature in Maryland

    Slaves are slaves for life.

  • Plantation Duty Act

    This was a tax on goods being traded from one colony to another.

  • King Phillip's War

    A war between the English and Native Americans. It was one of the bloodiest wars of the time, and devastated the Native Americans of southern New England.

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    An english governor named Sir William Berkeley refuses to defend Virginia from Indian attacks, prompting a colonist rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon. England quelled the rebellion by sending an army of 1,000 soldiers.

  • Monmouth's Revolution

    England
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    Dominion of New England

    An organization of New England colonies into a single administrative unit. It was a train wreck.
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    Glorious Revolution

    England

  • Salem Witch Trials

    Two little girls lead an entire community into a wild frenzy of finger pointing, the justice system breaks down, 140 are indicted, 26 convicted and 20 are executed.

  • Navigation Act of 1696

    Further restricted colonial trade.