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Jan 1, 1518
African Slavery
Slaves were brought from West Africa to work on palntations(rice, sugar, tonacco, ext) and to work in households. Slaves made up most of the population befor the 19th century. Bring slaves to America is the largest forced migration in world history. -
Jan 1, 1518
Slave Raiding
Slave raiding was left Africans. men armed with weapons would make small attackes on villages laste at night, grabbing anyone they could. Slave raiding forced many to hide. -
Jan 1, 1580
Roanoke Isalnd
This was one of the English's first attempts to start a colony in North America. Due to war with Spain the colony was a falure. -
Juan de Onate
Juan de Onate was sent by the spanish to find gold mines. He led 130 Indian and mestizo soilders and families along with 20 missionaries north into New Mexico for mining gols, and souls. He laid siege to many towns , and killed 800 men, women, and children, he would cut off the foot of survivor, and carried many into slavery. In 1606 Spanish authorities recalled Onate because he failed to find goald mines. -
Acadia
The French wanted families to to settle in this colony. It was along the tidal shores of the Bay of Fundy, and the colony of Canada. -
French Fur Trade
THe French founded towns at strategic locations, (such as Quebec) so they could intersept the traffic in furs to the Atlatic. They also created alliances with the Huron Indians who had much controll over the fur trade. In doing this they were able to gain access to the Great Lakes. -
Pocahontas
She was the daughter of Algonquian leader Powhatan. He sent her as a diplomat to Jamestown because she was fluent in English. After that she converted to Christianiy, and married an Englashman named John Rolfe. She died of disease while in England in 1617 -
Cardinal Richelieu
laid out a fundamentally Catholic imperial policy and under their guidance colonists constructed a second Catholic empire in Norht America -
Puritans
Puritans were a religous group in England. THey wanted to freedom to practice their religion as they saw fit, they also wanted the right to govern themselves. Puritains had much controll over congregations and schools such as Oxford and Cambridge. Soon after Queen Elizabeths death KIng James 1 took over the thrown and did not belive in religous tolerance. Because of his persicution of Puritans they left England and went to North America. -
Jamestown
King James issued a charter, and in 1607 a group of investors from London sent ships to the Chesapeake Bay. Once there a hundred men built a fort,and named it in honor of King James. Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement. -
John Smith
John Smith was Jamestowns military leader. He was supprised that the Indians brought food (such as corn) to the colonists. Smith and other men became so dependant on the Algonquian Indians that they becan to take food from other tribes that were near by. -
Tobacco
This provided Virgina colonists with a "merchantable commodity". Soon the cultivation exhausted the soil, this created pressure to expand into Indian territory. It also took a lot of hand work to grow tobacco. Tobacco became a major part of sothern plantations. -
Indentured Servants
Indentered servants were people who came to America at the expense of someone else. They weould then serve the person who paid for their voage form 2-14 years. 3/4 of English migrants came over as indentured servants. Some indentured servants were convicts or vagabonds, who were orderd by English courts to serve in America -
Pilgrims/ Separatists
Pilgims founded the colony of New England. Pilgirms were people who belived the Anglican establishment was so currupt that they decided to establish their own church. Led by William Bradford, 102 people left England on the Mayflower, to North America. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower was drafted by William Braford, in it he said that all the men of the expedition did "covenant and combine themselves together into a civil body politic. It was signed in November 1620, and it was the first document of self- government in North America -
Rodger Williams
He came to New Engalnd in 1631 to take over the duties for the congregation in Salem. He was a clergyman. He belived in religious toleration and he belived in the sepertaion of church and state. He aslo said that the colonists had no right to take Indian land and that they must bargain for it. In 1636 he was banished from the bay colony, were he then bought land and founded Providence. -
Thomas Hooker
THomas Hooker was a minister in Cambridge, and he disagreed with Puritain leader over the amout of their authority. He also belived that suffrage should not be restricted to only males that were church members. He led his followers to the connecticut river, were he founded Hartford. He also helped to write the fundamental orders. This stared the beginning of the colony of Connecticut. -
Harvard
Only institution of higher education in British America. was thought to be to liberal. -
Rodger Wiliams
Wrote The bloudy Tenent of Persecution. Gained appeal following the religious excesses of English Civil war. -
Navigation Acts
King Charles attempted to provide measure of central control over colonial commerce. He wasnted to exclude Dutch from trading. -
William Penn
Prominent figure in the struggle for religous toleration. -
John Locke
English philosopher. Wrote Letter on Tolerance. Said that a religio was sanctioned by the state was no evidence of its truth -
Salem Witch Trials
Cultural suspicion about wives who couldn't have children or widows who were independent. In New England 342 women were accused of witch craft. People were tried and condemed to death. Most Victoms were women. -
Middle Passage
It refured to a triangle made by ships for transporting slaves from Engalnd to Africa, Africa to America, and America back to England. -
Mulattoes
Interrelations among African, Indians, and europeans produced a sizable gorup of people of mixed ancestry. -
Tidewater region
Tobacco planttions were spread through sections of sea level cosatal regions. these were known as tidewater regions. -
Fall line
Plantations evetually spread above the fall line. this is were waterfalls or rapids marked the end of the tidewater and beginning of the foothill region. -
Nomatic Plains Indian Culture
Indians stole horses from the spanishand used them to help with their hunt for buffalo. Indians moved to the plains during the early 18th century. New Mexicans soon became victoms of Indian raids. -
French Crescent
used trade network and alliances with the Indians to creat a cresent of colonies and military posts. -
Birth Rates
White women had babies in the winter, unlike African American women who had babies in the summer. Birth rate went up. -
Iroquois five nations
battled the french and their Indian allies in King Williams war, but they signed a treaty in 1701 with France that kept them safe during futur wars. -
Indian Alliances
Indans greastes allies were the french. Indians were allies with the french because they feared the expansion of the British colonies. -
Indian Epidemics
Indian numbers fell because of disease from the colonists. Indians who had been around colonists for a long time had lost 50% of their people. -
Yale
Was built by Puritains. Trained future ministers. -
Virgina Slave code
Children inherited the status of their slave mothers . rules and regulations of slaves. Became the model for other colonies. -
Peace of Utrecht
This marked the end of Queen Anne's war. it gave Great Britain the right to supply slaves to spanish colonies in America. -
James Oglethorpe
Leader of the colony of Georgia. Wanted stop spanish invation and wated to creat a place for poor British farmers. -
Georgia
Created by English parliment. It s leader was James Oglethorpe. At first slavery was not allowed, but a few years later Georgia abanndoned that policy and Georgia was open to slavery. -
Molasses Act of 1733
Parliment enacted under pressure froom British West Indian Planters. Parliament placed a bann on sugar products brought from foregin colonies to North America. -
Stono Rebellion
Newly arrived Angolans sacked the army in south Carolina. they then procceded towards Florida and freedom. 20 people grew to 100, and they plundered and killed about 30 colonists. They were soon stopped by the army. -
Great Awakening
One of the first national events in American History. It began in the south. -
Tight pack
Tight packers were people who were willing to risk life in order to carry as many men and women as possible. Slaves elbows would be rubbed down to the bone because they were packes so close, they also had to sleep spoon style,and they were chained to each other. -
Iron act of 1750
Great Britain forbade the colonial manufacture of iron. -
French and Indian war
This was the last of the colonial wars between Great Britain France and Spain. It is knonw in europe as the seven year war. -
Junipera Serra
president of a missionarie in Baja. He established headquarters at monteray Bay on the central coast. -
My Birthday
This is the day I was born -
Our big move
This was the day that we moved into our house in Govenors ranch. this was the houe that I grew up in. -
The hospital
I spent almost a year in the hospital, and becauese of this I decided to be a doctor. I have not changed my mind since then. -
Columbine
On April 20th 1999, 2 students at Columbine high school killed 12 students, and ! teacher. this day impacted me because my nabore Danny was killed and several of my nabores were shot or in the school. This forever changed my life. -
Gerogre W. Bush
This was the day that George W. Bush was sworn into office. -
911
On september 11, 2001 the World Trade center and the Pentagon were attacked. This changed America and the world for ever. -
First day of high school
This was my first day of High school. This was a big day because this was the start of the last four years of school befor I am on my own. -
Obama
This was the day that American and world history changed forever, because the first Afican American president was sworn into office. -
my license
This day changed my life because I got my license and I got more responsibility. -
Johns Hopkins
This program tought me a lot about the history of medicine and I made friends from around the world.