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Establishment of Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America. This colony gave England its first foothold in the European competition for the New World. -
Plantation in land in Virginia
John Rolfe found seeds for Tobacco plants. This became Virginias most successful cash crop. -
Development of Slavery
Enslaved people from Africa were brought to America. Europeans purchased them and forced them to work on plantations. -
First Virginia Genera Assembly
The first meeting of the Virginia General Assembly, which included the House of Burgesses was conducted at a church in Jamestown. This marked the beginning of colonial representative assemblies in the Americas. -
Interactions with Indigenous Peoples
Europeans began their participation in the fur trade with Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous Peoples were looking to make alliances. Europeans were looking to build infrastructures and relationships in order to thrive in the new world. The trades knowledge, food, materials, and supplies. -
Development of Carolina's
North and South Carolina were established as one crop economy. It became a major cash crop especially in the low country region of South Carolina.