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  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

    In the early years of jamestown it was hard they didn,t find gold or riches and they had disease.It was the first permanent english settlement in North America.Settlers hoped to find gold and establish trade in fish and fur.
  • Virginia House of Burgesses

    Virginia House of Burgesses

    First representative assembly in the colonies. Colonist elect representatives to make laws and protect their rights
  • The Mayflower Compact

    The Mayflower Compact

    The mayflower compact is like a social contract, it's purpose was to make people follow rules. The pilgrims wanted to go to America so they could practice their own religion. It was the first government they established was a representative government.
  • 13 Colonies

    13 Colonies

    New England, Middle Colonies, and Southern Colonies
  • Mercantilism

    Mercantilism

    The Mother Country(England) get all types of materials traded to them. They can only trade to England while England would export more than import goods.
  • Navigation Acts(Law)

    Navigation Acts(Law)

    Navigation Acts was to control the colonies trade route
  • Transatlantic Slave Trade

    Transatlantic Slave Trade

    Enslaved africans brought to America across the Atlantic Ocean.