APUSH chapter 4 By Abbyivey 1441 African slaves first brought to portugal 1518 Spain grants official license to Portuguese slavers 1535 Africans constitute a majority on hispaniola 1619 First Africans brought to virginia 1655 English seize jamaica 1662 Virginia law makes slavery hereditary 1670 South Carolina founded 1672 Royal African company organized 1691 Virginia prohibits interracial sexual contact 1698 Britain opens the slave trade to all its merchants 1699 Spanish declare Florida a refuge for escaped slaves 1702 South Carolinians burn st Augustine 1706 French and Spanish native bombard charleston 1710 English capture port royal in Acadia 1712 Slave uprising in New York city 1713 Peace of Utrecht Period: 1721 to 1748 Robert Walpole leafs British cabinet 1729 Natchez rebellion in French Louisiana 1733 Molasses act 1739 Stono rebellion in South Carolina Period: 1739 to 1743 War of Jenkins ear Period: 1740 to 1748 King George’s war 1742 Africans executed in New York for conspiracy 1752 Georgia official opened to slavery 1770 Peak period of the English colonies slave trade 1808 importation of slaves into the United States ends