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Founding of jamestown
104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia. -
The founding of Massachusetts
The colony was founded by Puritans. -
Power of the PursePequot Wars
This was an armed conflict between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of the English colonists. -
First Navigation Act
Act passed by the Rump Parliament. -
Half-Way Covenant
This was a form of partial church membership created by New England in 1662. -
King Phillip's War
The last major effort by the Native Americans of southern New England to drive out the English settlers. The war ended in 1676. -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts . -
Zenger Trial
Zenger was accused of libel, publishing information that was oppossed to the government. -
Albany Plan of Union
This was a proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies. It was suggested by Benjamin Franklin, then a senior leader and a delegate from Pennsylvania, at the Albany Congress in Albany, New York. -
Seven Year's War
Also known as the French and Indian War. This war ended February 10th 1763. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
This was a war that was launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of elements of Native American tribes primarily from the Great Lakes region, the Illinois Country, and Ohio Country. They were dissatisfied with British postwar policies in the Great Lakes region. Ended in 1766. -
Great Migration
The Great Migration was the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West. This movement ended in 1970.
