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| Treaty of Tordesillas 1494 |
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| Divided the world between Portugal and Spain. 1494 |
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| The first English colony in the New World. Disappeared shortly there after. 1584 |
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| First PERMANENT British colony in the New World. 1607 |
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| Virginian colonists were each given two headrights of 50 acres (200,000 m²) each, immigrant colonists who paid for their passage were given one headright, and individuals would receive one headright each time they paid for the passage of another individual. This last mechanism increased the division between the wealthy land-owners and the working poor. 1607 |
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| First successful cultivator of tobacco in US. 1614 |
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| It was the first elected legislative assembly in the New World. 1619 |
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| Signed to establish a civil government based upon a majoritarian model and to proclaim the settlers' allegiance to the king. 1620 |
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| Massachussets Bay Colony's Bi-cameral Legislature 1629 |
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| Practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. 1629 |
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| Escaping religious persectuion. 1630 |
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| Founder of Rhode Island, the "sewage drain" of the colonies. It was the most liberal colony. 1636 |
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| Maryland Toleration Act 1649 |
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| Law passed in 1649 by the colonial assembly of the Province of Maryland mandating religious toleration of all Christian denominations. As the first such law, it is often seen as a precursor to the First Amendment. |
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| The Navigation Acts 1650-1696 |
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| series of laws which, beginning in 1651, restricted foreign shipping. |
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| a partial church membership for the children and grandchildren of church members. Those who accepted the Covenant could become church members, but they did not have to entirely devote themselves to the strict principles of the church. As a cost, these members could not vote on any issues within the church. 1660 |
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| Restriction laws proposed by Connecticut 1672 |
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| "tidewater gentry," owned much of the best farmland in the area and exercised a level of political power disproportionate to their numbers, to the discontent of the majority of the population, who were small farmers. These small farmers, or the backcountry settlers, held western lands that were subject to frequent Native American attacks; they were far from markets to sell their produce. Taxes were high, especially on tobacco after 1660 which led to... |
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| Dominion of New England 1686 |
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| The union was decreed in 1686 by King James II as a measure to enforce the Navigation Acts and to coordinate the mutual defense of colonies against the French and hostile Native Americans. 1686 |
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| Advocated uprisings against the governement if the needs of the people were not met. 1700 |
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| Great Awakening 1720-1740 |
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| Religious movement among American colonial Protestants in the 1730s and 1740s. It began with Jonathan Edwards, a Massachusetts preacher who sought to return to the Puritans' strict Calvinist roots but recognized the importance and power of immediate, personal religious experience. "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is perhaps his most famous sermon |
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| Further cemented the ideals of freedom of speech with the acquittal of a journalist. 1735 |
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| French and Indian War 1754-1763 |
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| Conflicting land claims from the British and the French in the New World led to this conflict. 1754-1763 |
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