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Jamestown Founded
104 english men and boys arrived in North America and started a settlement of which they named Jamestown, after King James I. This was the first permanent settlement in America. -
Tobacco!
Tobacco was being grown as a cash crop of Jamestown, becoming the most important economic achievement of the ew colonies. -
First shipment of slaves arrives in Jamestown
The first slaves arrive in the colonies, marking the start of triangle trade and massive slavery in the colonies. It also marks the start of new economic options for the colonies. -
Shipment of Wives
The Virginia Colony has over 90 women shipped in to be wives, something necessary to crafting a permanent colony. -
First Thanksgiving
A year after the pilgrims had survived the terrible winter and rest of the year with help from the Native Americans, they threw a feast after harvest to celebrate the help they had received and their own success. -
Taft Commission
Also known as the Second Philippine Commission, this was granted governmental power to give a concrete system of government to the Philippines. It also aimed to educate the Filipino children in the ways of the US -
Great Depression
Men wait in long lines everyday just to get some work so they can put food on the table for their family. This shows the ultimate collapse of wealth in the US -
Citizens United
Super-PACs are a majority of the spending in campaign financing, which is a massive change from the old system where the welath was much more evenly divided -
Americans Favor Overhaul of Campaign Financing
Campaign financing is largely done by millionaires and million-billion dollar businesses and that's not okay with the American population. The citizens want changes to be made to limit the donations of the wealthy.