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England practiced mercantilism.
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Colonist founded Jamestown
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John Smith took control of Jamestown and built a fort around it.
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More settlers arrived in Jamestown
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Dutch founded New Netherland
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Dutch ship brought the first Africans to Virginia
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The Mayflower left England
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George Calvert asked King Charles I for a charter to establish a colony in America for Catholics
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Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock
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Samoset walked into the colonist settlement
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Settlers killed Powhatan leader
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A group of 200 English Catholics came to Maryland
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Thomas Hooker left the Massachusetts to find Connecticut.
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Hooker wrote Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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Protestants began moving to Maryland
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General courts of Massachusetts issued and order that school be founded in every township of 50 families.
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Navigation Act was put into affect.
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Charles II gave much of the land between Virginia and Spanish Florida
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King Philip's war erupted.
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King Charles II granted charter to William Penn to begin a colony west of New Jersey.
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James II became king of England.
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King James passed the English Bill of Rights.
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Community conflicts in New England involved Witchcraft trials.
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William and Mary established Virginia
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Enslaved Africans became the main source of labor.
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Enlighten movement was put into affect.
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Carolina split into North and South Carolina
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20,000 enslaved Africans were living in South Carloina
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The Great Awakening began.
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Molasses Act put into affect.
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fighting began in Europe, leading up to the Seven Year's War.
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Britain received Florida
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Pontiac's Rebellion began.
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Britain and France signed the Treaty of Paris.
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Proclamation of 1763 issued.
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First colonial boycott started in New York
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Townshed act passed
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British soldiers arrived in Boston.
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70% of men and 45% of women could read and write.
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Ships loaded with tea entered Boston Harbor
