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Colonial Life Timeline

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    Tans-Atlantic Slave Trade

    Throughout the 1600s, France, Spain, Portugal, Holland, and England all participated in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
  • New England Federation created.

    New England Federation created.

    Massachusetts, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven colonies joined together to create a Northern colony region federation, creating a greater defense force.
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    Enlightenment

    A European movement where people were in search of knowledge and reason, and expanded human rights.
  • Seige of New Amsterdam

    Seige of New Amsterdam

    British forces invaded the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, renaming it New York, a new colony under rule of the British crown.
  • Great Awakening

    Great Awakening

    A religious revival that recreated a high loyal Christian population in the colonies.
  • Stono Rebellion

    Stono Rebellion

    African 100 slaves in SC took firearms and killed several people before being apprehended.
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War began, colonies began to come together to defend the possibility of any outside threats.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British soldiers fire into a mod of civilians, beginning to spark a flame of revolution throughout the entirety of the colonies.
  • Molasses Act

    Molasses Act

    British taxes increased with this act, angering the colonists.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    English colonists, disguised as Native Americans, dumped 100 crates of tea into the Boston harbor in violent protest of the Tea Act.

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