IMPORTANT PEOPLE
John Rolfe
He brought tobacco seeds with him to Jamestown
Jamestown is founded
1607
Treaty of Paris is signed in 1763
The French & Indian War ends and the British take possession of all French territory east of the Mississippi River, while the Spanish take possession of French territory west of the Mississippi
The voyage that millions of enslaved Africans were forced to endure across the Atlantic to the America’s is known as
MIDDLE PASSAGE
King James II attempts to assume more control of the English government: Parliament enacts the English Bill of Rights, decreasing the power of the monarchy
Parliament enacts the English Bill of Rights, decreasing the power of the monarchy
Squanto
taught Pilgrims how to grow crops in the nearby rocky soil
Virginia House of Burgesses is founded
1619
Native American population is ravaged by disease and a new source of labor is needed to supply the workers on colonial farms and plantation
Atlantic Slave Trade begins
Because the Southern colonies economies were dependent on this labor-intensive industry, they possessed the most enslaved people
Trade goods and enslaved Africans are exchanged between Africa, England, and the English North American colonies
Triangular Trade Was Created
Sir Walter Raleigh
This Englishman received a charter in 1584 to establish the first English colony in the New World, Roanoke Island
Mayflower Compact is established
1620
England adopts mercantilism
England, the mother country, uses its colonies as a way to generate wealth
The French explored and settled much of the eastern portion of what’s now this North American nation
Canada
James Oglethorpe
to establish a new colony in 1732 which would later become Georgia
Thomas Hooker:
He and his followers founded Connecticut in 1636, and in 1639 he wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Bacons Rebellion
1676
Millions of captured and enslaved Africans are taken to locations throughout the America’s (New World)
African diaspora was created in the America’s
Several decades prior to the French & Indian War, tensions peaked between English colonists in New England and the Wampanoag which resulted in this
King Philip's War
Roger Williams:
Puritans to leave Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636, settlement of Providence
William Penn
he’d go on to become a Quaker and later establish the colony of Pennsylvania
English Bill of Rights is enacted
1689
King James II believes that the English colonies were too independent:
The Dominion of New England is created uniting the northern (New England) colonies under a single government
The fall of this important French city essentially marked the end of the French & Indian War, even though an official peace treaty wouldn’t be signed for another three years
England decides to promote its economic system of mercantilism:
Parliament enacts numerous Navigation Acts between 1650 and 1696 which restricts colonists ability to buy, sell, and trade goods