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Ships of the London Company set sail from England to establish a colony in Virginia. The would-be colonists arrived in Chesapeake Bay in April 1607. On board were 105 men, including 40 soldiers, 35 "gentlemen," and various artisans and laborers. 1607https://historicjamestowne.org/history/pocahontas/john-smith/?srsltid=AfmBOooXHDf33CP3GEaPXfgW2hPPmv_y6w6TwM96RmsfuPQClbRkyBXU -
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During the summer and autumn, many colonists began to sicken and die. In part, we now know, illness and death were caused by siting Jamestown at a very swampy, unhealthy location. In addition, many colonists had brought with them typhoid and dysentery.
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Jamestown was just then experiencing its "starving time." The Company, however, was bent on persevering and sent a new batch of ships and colonists in 1611.
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“dearest daughter” of Chief Powhatan, was kidnapped and brought to Jamestown to be traded for English prisoners and weapons. Pocahontas learned English and Christianity and came to the attention of Rolfe, a pious man who agonized for many weeks over his wish to marry a “heathen.” “It is Pocahontas to whom my hearty and best thoughts are, and have been a long time so entangled....” https://historicjamestowne.org/history/pocahontas/john-rolfe/ -
Sir Edwin Sandys became Company Treasurer and embarked on a series of reforms. He believed that the manufacturing enterprises the Company had begun were failing due to want of manpower. He embarked on a policy of granting sub-patents to land, which encouraged groups and wealthier individuals to go to Virginia. -
The Indian Massacre of 1622 was an attack on the settlements of the Virginia Colony by the tribes of the Powhatan Confederacy. The attack was carefully planned and carried out with such speed and precision that only one settlement, Jamestown, received warning and was able to prepare a defense. Out of approximately 1,250 English colonists, 347 were killed on 22 March 1622.
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The Company is bankrupt and divided between factions led by Sir Edwin Sandys and Sir Thomas Smith. The problems are complex and various, and the Company, riven by factional fighting, is unable to resolve them. Despite the loss of its charter, the Company lingers on until 1630. -
The first Africans arrived in Virginia because of the transatlantic slave trade.32 Africans were recorded in a muster as living in Virginia but by 1625 only 23 were recorded. These Africans, scattered throughout homes and farms of the James River Valley, were the first of hundreds of thousands of Africans forced to endure slavery in colonial English America.
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In England, King Charles I dissolves parliament and attempts to rule as absolute monarch, spurring many to leave for the American colonies. -
one of the original English settlements in present-day Massachusetts, settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan refugees from England under Gov. John Winthrop and Deputy Gov. Thomas Dudley. In 1629 the Massachusetts Bay Company had obtained from King Charles I a charter empowering the company to trade and colonize in New England between the Charles and Merrimack rivers. https://www.britannica.com/place/Massachusetts-Bay-Colony -
Banned from the Masachusettes Bay Colony for holding meetings to discuss sermons of her own interpretations. She moved with her family to a Dutch community in New York and later she died by an Indian Massacre.
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He had been converted to Quakers in 1667 and he founded Pennsylvania and wanted to establish a colony where every race of every sect could find political and religious freedom. -
Merchants and the militia (led by Jacob Leisler) took over the control of the New York government after hearing the news about the Glorious Revolution that was happening in England. This happened because Leisler was not fond of the government New York had at that time and he wanted to make it more of a aristocratic government. Leisler’s Rebellion (1689-1691 in New York) https://www.britannica.com/event/Leislers-Rebellion -
There was a wave of accusations of trials and executions of witchcraft happening in Salem Village. There were 20 people that were executed and many others that were imprisoned.https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2020/08/evidence-from-invisible-worlds-in-salem/? -
This treaty ended the War of the Spanish Succession which gave Britain some French territories. Once the treaty was made ans signed and the war ended, it redrew colonial borders and set the stage for conflicts of Anglo-French in North Americahttps://www.britannica.com/topic/treaties-of-Utrecht -
There was a religious revival that was lead by preachers like George Whitefield and Johnathan Edward’s throughout the colonies that encouraged other to grow their personal faith, change the churches authority, individual equality, and more. All of these had an effect on the politics at that time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinners_in_the_Hands_of_an_Angry_God -
The state of Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe which was the final colony the British founded due to the main purpose being to protect against the Spanish that was in Flordia at the time. This state’s role was to be a military biffer and had many debates over slavery. This overall made it the main area for southern colonial development in the states at this time.
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Many enslaved people in South Carolina made a revolt so large that it killed many colonist and they marched towards the Spanish in Flordia before getting suppressed. This rebellion made slave codes very strict and showed the resistence of enslaved people
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Colonial delegates came to Albany to discuss defense plans against France while Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union. Even though it was rejected, it was an important early step toward colonial unity and planning for an attack. We got the famous moto “Join or Die” from this event. https://www.britannica.com/event/Albany-Congress -
There was conflict between Britain and France and it erupted in North America. It began with George Washington’s defeat at Fort Necessity and the war determined who had control of the continent. It left Britain in lots of debt and prompted for new colonial policies.
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This war was a conflict between Britain and France due to territorial issues in the North American Ohio Valley. Britain won this war and they had the dominant power at this time but the cost of this war led to Britain having to tax the American colonies. This created a resentment that led to the American Revolution. https://www.britannica.com/event/Seven-Years-War -
This treaty ended the French and Indian War which gave Britain control of land east of the Mississippi while France lost most of its land to the North American empire. Britain’s victory expanded its territory but tensions arose with the colonists and Indigenous nations.https://www.britannica.com/event/Treaty-of-Paris-1763
