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1. In the "subject" field enter only the event (e.g. Fall of Constantinople).

2. In the "write something incredible field" begin with the beginning year, then include a brief description (must EXPLAIN why this event is relevant), then skip a line and include the AMSCO page number(s) where more information can be found.

3. Drag a drop the event to the appropriate time/place within the timeline.

4. No photos or web sources should be incorporated unless otherwise instructed.

5. Reviews are participatory grades. Assignments are usually made during lectures. Keep in mind other students are depending on detailed postings.

6. Students must have a Padlet account (free) to participate. Account names should be first and last name only - please keep it professional.

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1606- Virginia Company was a joint-stock company. King James I granted the charter for this company as a way to establish a colony in the New World. This allowed the crown to gain the benefits of the new world like natural resources, new markets for English goods, and leverage against the Spanish.

AMSCO Pages: 25, 27

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1607 - King James I chartered the Virginia Company (a joint-stock company) that established the first English colony in the New World. In 1624, however, the colony would become England's first royal colony as King James I revoked the charter and took complete control.

AMSCO: pgs. 24,25, and 27

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From 1609 through the 17th century, the Iroquois Confederacy sought to expand their territory to dominate the fur trade going on in North America. The Iroquois Confederacy conflicted with Hurons and northern Algonquians ultimately winning the fights and dominating the Great Lakes region of North America . And from 1670 to onward, the Iroquois Confederacy gained control of the New England frontier and Ohio River valley lands.

Wikipedia

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1619 - 12 years after the founding of Jamestown, the colonists in Virginia organized America's first representative assembly, naming it the House of Burgesses. Pilgrims in the House of Burgesses wrote a document pledging to make decisions guided by the will of the majority, in other words, creating the first democratic political system in the colonies.

pg 27.

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In 1624, the Dutch established New Amsterdam after Henry Hudson discovered the Hudson River in 1609. Here the Dutch West India Company, a private company, controlled the area for economic gain. This territory would later come under the control of the British and become New York.

Amsco pgs. 10 & 33

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In 1628, a group of about 1,000 Puritans led by Governor John Winthrop and Deputy Governor Thomas Dudley began a colony in New England called the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They came to America to escape religious persecution (despite their intolerance for other religions) and were actually the first colony to legalize slavery in 1641.

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1632- King Charles I subdivided the Virginia colony. He created a new colony of the other side of Chesapeake Bay and gave control to Lord Baltimore. This became the Maryland colony. When Lord Baltimore passed his son Cecil Calvert took control. In his rule he created the Act of Toleration which granted religious freedom to all Christians, and killed anyone who denied the divinity of Jesus.

AMSCO pg. 27

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1636- Harvard was founded by the Puritans. It was founded to give candidates for the ministry a proper theological and scholarly education.

pg. 52

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A long series of English laws that developed, promoted, and regulated English ships, trade, and commerce between other countries and with its own colonies. Written in 1650, the laws also regulated England's fisheries and restricted foreign participation in its colonial trade. While based on earlier precedents, they were first enacted in 1651 under the commonwealth.

Amsco page 35–36

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1663- North Carolina was initially colonized under a charter endorsed by Charles the 2nd. The reason for the charter being granted was to split Carolina. The colonizing of North Carolina was important to the farmers of New England because it could be made a colony with self-sufficient tobacco farms.

pg. 33

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On June 24, 1664, James, Duke of York, granted Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret, ownership of a swath of land between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers. The charter referred to these lands as “New Jersey” in honor of Carteret's defense of the English Channel island of Jersey during the English Civil War.

pg-33

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1664- Charles II wanted to bridge the gap between the southern and New England colonies and consolidate holdings along the Atlantic seaboard. Out of the colonies that were formed, one emerged from a conquered Dutch colony on the mouth of the Hudson river (New Amsterdam). Charles granted his brother the Duke of York (Future James II) lands between Connecticut and the Delaware Bay. After conquering the Dutch colony, James ordered that the Dutch living there be treated well, allowing freedom of religion and to speak their own language. James also insisted no assembly be allowed in New York until in 1683 he yielded to English speaking settlers who called for "no taxation without representation" the same idea that would later influence the American Revolution.

AMSCO Page: 44

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In 1669, English King Charles II granted noble titles in what is presently called North and South Carolina. These two colonies were to be governed in the unique manor of a limited oligarchy run by lore proprietors - which were bound by a constitution. The two colonies gradually grew apart as the geographical differences began to make them drift away. As the South had good harbors and was fit for rice growing, the colony soon became a plantation-based economy. The North, with very few good harbors, developed into a state with several small farms.

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Amsco APUSH pg: 43, 44

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1670- South Carolina was founded by a few colonist from England and some planters from the island of Barbados. Originally big in the fur trade and providing food for the west indies, South Carolina switched to large rice-growing plantation around the mid 18 century.

AMSCO Page 33

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1675-1676 - Metacom's War (King Philip's War)

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1675-1676 - Metacom's War (King Philip's War)

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1675- In response to English settlers encroaching on the American Indian's lands, chief of the Wampanoag, Metacom, known to the colonists as King Philip, united many tribes in southern New England. Some tribes, such as the Mohegans and the Pequots, supported the colonists because of their long-standing rivalry with the Wampanoag. In the resulting conflict several villages were burned to the ground, hundreds of people were killed, and thousands of people were injured. Eventually, the colonial forces and their Indian allies prevailed, killing Metacom and ending most American Indian resistance in New England.

AMSCO Page: 55

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Was brought about to end a war between the indigenous Dawnland nations and the English settlers. The indigenous people recognized the English settlers land and the English settlers paid taxes to the indigenous people.

(AMSCO pg. 30)

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In 1681, Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn, who was a Quaker. William Penn was a new Quaker, who's father served the king as an admiral. Even though Penn's father opposed his religious beliefs, he respected him and gifted him with an insane amount of wealth. The royal family owed the father a huge debt, so they gave land to William. That land became the colony of Pennsylvania.

AMSCO: pg. 33 and 34

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1689-1699 - King William's war was a conflict between France and England for control of North America, which consisted of small battles fought in Northern New England and was largely caused by the fact that the treaties and agreements that were reached at the end of King Philip's War were not followed. It's considered to be the first of the French and Indian wars and remains significant because the inconclusive result of the war lead to continuing conflicts between the French and English.

AMSCO pg. 69/70

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Delaware is rich in history, and has been around for hundreds of years before the united states was known as a nation. Starting in the early 1600's, Delaware was used as a trading post for the Dutch, but was very short-lived because they were killed off by the native Americans. Further down the line, Delaware was founded for the purpose of religious freedom, where a lot of Quakers, Jews, Lutherans, and many more. By far the biggest event of them all is when Delaware became a separate colony, even though it had the same governor as Pennsylvania.

AMSCO pg.44-pg.45

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The European Enlightenment, was an intellectual movement emphasizing reason, science, and individual rights. It challenged traditional authority, promoting ideas of liberty and equality. Figures like Voltaire, Rousseau, and Locke contributed to shaping new philosophical and political perspectives, influencing societal changes and setting the stage for modern Western thought.

AMSCO Page: 53

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The Great Awakening was a period of great revivalism that spread throughout the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s. It deemphasized the importance of church doctrine and instead put a greater importance on the individual and their spiritual experience.

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Known as the "buffer state", Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe in order to have a defense border with the Spanish Florida. Georgia was also the last of the 13 colonies and most of its settlers were English debtors who were forced to move away from their mother country.

Amsco pages 45 and 46

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In colonial days, newspaper printers were at risk of being jailed for libel (a published statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation) if any article offended political authorities. In 1735, John Peter Zenger, a New York editor and publisher was brought to trial on a charge of libelously after criticizing New York's Royal governor. His lawyer (Andrew Hamilton) argued that it was the truth, but under English common law it was still illegal true or false. The Jury ignored the common law and voted to acquit Zenger.

AMSCO Page: 53

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1744-1748

The colonies under Britain were under attack by the French and Spanish. In Georgia they managed to fight off the Spanish. Up north they faced similar victory taking over an important French fortress, Louisbourg. This granted them access and control of the St. Lawrence River. The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, (1748), eventually ended the war and the fight stopped. In the outcome of the peace treaty Britain actually gave back Fort Louisbourg, which made many mad considering they fought so hard to get it. This fort was given back under the exchange of economic gain from India, as well as political gains. This war is relevant in the fact of deciding who occupied Fort Louisbourg and who had control of St. Lawrence River in the future, which was the way Europeans got here in the first place.

AMSCO Pages 69/70

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In spring 1754, george Washington led 300 Virginians toward Fort Duquesne to force the French to abandon the site.  In May, Washington’s men, along with the Seneca tribe led by Tanacharison, found a campsite of about thirty Frenchmen and their commander.  They ambushed the French, and the battle ended with one Virginian and fourteen Frenchmen dead.

Amsco page 70

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The British Government called for representatives from several colonies to meet in congress at Albany. Created by Ben Franklin it developed a system that provided for an intercolonial government and system for recruiting troops and collecting taxes for their common defense. Also set a precedent for for more revolutionary congresses in the 70s.

pg.70

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The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies.

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1774- Known as the Intolerable Act in the American colonies, these were a series of four acts passed by parliament to punish the people of Boston and Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. The Acts consisted of the Port Act, which prohibited trade in and out of the harbor. The Massachusetts Government Act reduced the power of the Massachusetts legislator. The Administration of Justice Act allowed for royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in Great Britain instead of the colonies. Lastly, the fourth law expanded The Quartering Act of 1765 to enable British troops to be quartered in private homes. These acts led to bringing the colonies closer together and closer to outright rebellion.

pg.75

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1777- The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution for the United States. Originally the ratification of this document was delayed due to conflicts with the Native Americans. When the conflict was settled, the ratification finally took place in 1781. Under these articles, there was only one body of government, unicameral legislature, and each state was given one vote. Many issues arrised under this form of government, which include: Congress could not regulate trade, conduct foreign policy, call military, or raise funds.

Pg. 91, 93, and 103