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The first 105 colonist sent by the London company arrived in England.
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U.S. History
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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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60 colonist were sill alive
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Dutch ship brought the first Africans to Virginia.
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The Mayflower left England.
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41 male passengers signed the Mayflower compact.
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Samoset walked into the colonist settlement.
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Colonist killed Powhatan leader
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English crown canceled the company’s charter
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A fleet of ships carrying Puritan colonist left England.
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Charles issued a charter to Calvert’s son.
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A group of 200 English Catholics came to Maryland.
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Thomas Hooker left 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 Court became a two-house legislature.
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General Courts of Massachusetts issued an order that a school be founded in every township of 50 families.
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Charles II gave much of the land between Virginia and Spanish Florida.
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English Conquest began
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English captured the undefended colony of New Amsterdam
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King Charles II granted charter to William Penn to begin a colony west of New Jersey
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Duke Of York sold Penn a region to the south of Pennsylvania
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James II became king of England
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James II united the northern colonies under one government
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King James passed the English Bill of Rights.
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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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Enslaved Africans became the main source of labor.
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Trade restrictions continued
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English merchants were trading around the world.
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Revolutions in both religious and non religious thought transformed western world.
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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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Proprietary government was overthrown
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Crown purchased North and South America.
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20,000 enslaved Africans were living in South Carolina
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Ministers began holding revivals.
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The Great Awakening began
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King George II granted a charter to Oglethorpe
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Oglethorpe founded the city of Savannah.
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Officials arrested John Peter Zenger for printing false statements.
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Molasses Act put into affect.
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British government made Georgia a royal colony
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Fighting erupted with the British military.
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Washington was defeated.
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Fighting began in Europe, leading up to the Seven Year’s War.
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Pontiac’s Rebellion began.
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Britain and France signed the Treaty of Paris.
