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36 Cards in this Set
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1607
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Jamestown founded, named after King James I
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1609
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Powhatan killed colonists and livestock --> "starving time"
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1620's
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exported "brown gold"
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1618
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Headright system
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1676
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Bacon's rebellion
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1629
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Charter for Mass. Bay Colony
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1630-1640
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Great Migration
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1637
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Pequot War
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1675
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King Philip's War
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1682
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William Penn gets property from King --> Pennsylvania
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1651
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Parliment passes Navigation Acts
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1688
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Glorious Revolution
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1739
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Stono's Rebellion
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1650-1750
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Economy Boom
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1692
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Salem witch trials
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1700's
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Enlightenment & Awakening start
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1712
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Slave uprising --> 17 slaves killed
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1740's-1750's
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Great Awakening
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1754
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French and Indian War start
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1757
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Biggest army of time period led by William Pitt
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1763
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War officially ended --> Proclamation of 1763
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1764
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Sugar Act
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1765
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Stamp Act
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1770
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Boston Massacre
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1773
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Boston Tea Party
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1774
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Intolerable Acts
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1775
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
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1778
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France and America sing treaty of cooperation
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1781
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Soldiers reviece monthly pay
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1780
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British capture Charles Town
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1782
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Peace talks btw. US, Britain, France, Spain
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1783
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Treaty of Paris signed
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1775
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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1775
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Olive Branch Petition
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1776
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Washington comments on Thomas Payne's Common Sense
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1776
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NC declares independence; VA pressured to do same
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