Southern Culture By tripp.hamrick Jan 1, 1607 Foundation of Jamestown Jan 1, 1619 First African Americans Come to North American Colonies Jan 1, 1620 Plymouth Colony Jan 1, 1630 Mass. Bay Period: Jan 1, 1640 to Jan 1, 1645 Endentured Servants Start Outliving Their Contracts Jan 1, 1730 Middleton Place Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Jan 1, 1780 Main House at Stagville Jan 1, 1861 Beginning of Civil War Jan 1, 1865 Civil War Ends Period: Jan 1, 1866 to Jan 1, 1940 Sharecropping Jan 1, 1880 New South Movement Henry W. Grady says lets bring the mills to the cotton.