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After the trades, the Navigation acts passed to create a closed economy between Britain and its colonies.

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After the overseas trade, Elizabeth I made a charter to the East India company and began establishing trading posts in India.

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The English defeat the Spanish Armada and England is now ready to enter the race about the overseas trade.

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After the slaves have been transported around and more slaves were born, an agreement between Spain and Britain granted the British a monopoly on the trade of enslaved people with Spanish colonies. British became entitled to supply their colonies with 4,800 enslaved Africans per year for 30 years.

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Spanish took the enslaved Africans to the Caribbean after 1502, but back in with the Portuguese, they continued to dominate the transatlantic slave trade for another century and a half.

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Cape Verde, Transatlantic Enslaved people (1480)

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Cape Verde, Transatlantic Enslaved people (1480)

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Portuguese ships were transporting people from Cape Verde island to use as enslaved laborer's.

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General Washington, after declaring himself leadership of the continental army on the Cambridge common on July 3, 1775, led the army across to the icy Delaware river on the night of Christmas. He built alliances and ended the war.

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Bunker Hill Monument, Monument Square, Charlestown, MA

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Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown, MA (2 months later)

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Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown, MA (2 months later)

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After 2 months, colonists fortified Bunker Hill in Charlestown. The army soldiers were ordered to not fire until they see the white of their eyes. The colonists withdrew.

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Old North Church, Salem Street, Boston, MA

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Old North Church (fighting for independence) 1775

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Old North Church (fighting for independence) 1775

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A fight to declare independence to declare Massachusetts to be a state of the British Monarch. Took place in Old North Church.

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The French Indian war ended in Great Britain with the Treaty of Paris. This was is also known as the Seven Years war.

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Ohio River Valley Bowhunters, Branchville Road, Branchville, IN

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Ohio River Valley Bowhunters, Branchville, IN 1754

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Ohio River Valley Bowhunters, Branchville, IN 1754

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This was the start of the French and Indian war. The issue was whether the Ohio River Valley was part of the British Empire or part of the French Empire.

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The war was ending here and the British Surrendered

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New York, NY, Independence  War Moved to Middle States

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New York, NY, Independence  War Moved to Middle States

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In 1776, the war moved to the middle states, and this war still included around 32,000 soldiers, including thousands of German mercenaries.

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Battle of Saratoga - Surrender of General_Burgoyne

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On March 5, 1770, a mob gathered outside the customs house in Boston. They heckled the British sentry on guard, and more soldiers started to arrive. They began hurling stones and snowballs at them.