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Jamestown founded--first settlement in what became the Virginia colony in what became the U.S. Era of salutary neglect begins.

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The first Africans arrive in Virginia; VA legislature established (slavery and self-gov’t)

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Mayflower lands; Mayflower contract--first colonial charter; Plymouth Bay colony established

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VA legislature wrote the first laws treating black people differently from whites

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VA began to rely primarily on enslaved people for its tobacco laborers

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Seven Years War

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Era of salutary neglect ends (Parliament left the colonies alone to largely govern themselves);

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Stamp Act marks beginning of Parliament actively ruling over colonies--taxed colonies to help pay debts from Seven Years War

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The American Revolutionary Era begins.

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Battle of Lexington and Concord--beginning of what became the American Revolutionary War

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Declaration of Independence; colonies became states (colonial era over); began writing Articles of Confederation (first national constitution) to govern the states in a loose confederation

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Northern states began gradual abolition with PA; MA did so in 1783.

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Northwest Ordinance abolished slavery in the North West territories.

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Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation (Later called the Constitutional Convention) in Philadelphia

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US Constitution ratified

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The American Revolutionary Era ends.

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Invention of the cotton gin

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Fugitive Slave Act of 1793

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Missouri Compromise

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David Walker’s Appeal published

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Rise of abolitionism on the national stage

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The Liberator first published; began movement for immediate, not gradual abolition

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Nat Turner’s Rebellion