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Enter the dates, event title, and some notes if necessary. ===**For homework,** each person is to individually compose his/her own 3D timeline using all of the dates listed below. Don't worry about including images, just the information you see below. To save time, copy and paste may be a good option. Your completed timeline is due next class meeting.===

Southern Colonies
May 14, 1607 (Founding of Jamestown) : Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America.

1619 (First African slaves brought to Virginia)

1622 (Powhatan leader Killed)
 * Leads to wars between colonists for 20 years.

1649 (Toleration Act of 1649)
 * It made it a crime to restrict the religious rights of Christians.

1676 (Bacon’s Rebellion)
 * A group of former indentured servants led by Nathaniel Bacon attacked American Indians. The governor tries to stop him, but the group and Bacon rebelled by burning Jamestown.

1729 (The British Crown purchased the Carolina’s)
 * North and South Carolina made royal colonies.

1732 (Founding of Georgia)
 * James Oglethorpe and other trustees found Georgia.

1752 (Change in Georgia)
 * Georgia became a royal colony due to James Oglethorpe’s poor governing; After becoming a royal colony, Georgia became a colony full of rice plantations.

1613- The Dutch founded New Netherland - a trading post for exchanging furs with the Iroquois.

1619 - Virginia’s Assembly established - first colonial legislature in North America

1647- Director General Peter Stuyvesant begins to lead New Netherland.

1650~1696 Navigation Acts - Parliament passed a series of laws limiting colonial trade

1664- An English fleet captures New Amsterdam. - New Netherland is renamed New York, and New Amsterdam became New York City.

1681- King Charles II agreed to grant William Penn a charter. 1682 - the Duke of York sold Penn a region to the south of Pennsylvania. 1685 - James II becomes the King of England 1686 - Dominion of New England - King James II unites all the northern colonies under 1 government

1689 - The English Bill of Rights passed - Decreased the power of the English Monarch and the Parliament gained power

1700~1775 -135,000 servants came to middle colonies 1733 - John Zenger Arrested - Zenger voiced his ideas openly and damaged the reputation of the governor of New York, Alexander Hamilton. Was declared not guilty because of the freedom of speech

1733 Molasses Act - Placed duties on all items that were smuggled and sold in other countries and in islands in the Caribbean

1760 Philadelphia become largest British colonial city

1675 - 1676 King Philip’s War. The colonial militia-civilians serving as soldiers fought American Indian warriors. They both killed men, women, and children.

=**New England Colonies** - Sujin Cho, Jenny You, Justin Park -= 1608: Pilgrims move to the Netherlands

Sep 16, 1620: Mayflower leaves England with more than 100 people, most of them Pilgrims

Nov 21, 1620: Mayflower Compact is signed (first legal contract in Mayflower)

1620: Mayflower land in Plymouth, Massachusetts - This was the first permanent colony in New England

March 1621: Native American Samoset help the pilgrims - Samoset along with Squanto taught the Pilgrims how to fertilize the soil, establish relations with local natives, and later celebrated the first Thanksgiving

1629-1640 The Great Migration - Economic, political, and religious problems led thousands of English residents to leave England, over 40,000 moving to the English colonies

1630: Massachusetts Bay Colony founded - Puritans established the colony seeking religious freedom

1636: Harvard College founded

1636: Thomas Hooker establishes colony of Connecticut

1639: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut Colony was more democratic than M.B.C., allowed non-church members to vote, and outlined powers of the general court

1644: General Court Court in Massachusetts Bay Colony becomes a two-house legislature

1647: General Court issue schools must be built for every town with at least 50 families

1693: William and Mary established - second college in the colonies

1700: 70% of men & 45% of women can read and write