History by John Tran https://padlet.com/305008/3k9gw21e56gx Made with big dreams en-us 2017-08-25 18:26:28 UTC 2025-10-28 21:13:41 UTC hello@padlet.com Jamestown 305008 https://padlet.com/305008/3k9gw21e56gx/wish/182877903 The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. William Kelso writes that Jamestown "is where the British Empire began]]> 2017-08-25 18:29:21 UTC https://padlet.com/305008/3k9gw21e56gx/wish/182877903 John Smith 305008 https://padlet.com/305008/3k9gw21e56gx/wish/182878139 Captain John Smith, Admiral of New England, was an English soldier, explorer, and author. He was knighted for his services to Sigismund Báthory, Prince of Transylvania, and his friend Mózes Székely.]]> 2017-08-25 18:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/305008/3k9gw21e56gx/wish/182878139 Pocahontas 305008 https://padlet.com/305008/3k9gw21e56gx/wish/183015553 Pocahontas was a Native American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.]]> 2017-08-28 01:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/305008/3k9gw21e56gx/wish/183015553 Indentured servant 305008 https://padlet.com/305008/3k9gw21e56gx/wish/183015854 Indentured servants were men and women who signed a contract by which they agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to Virginia and, once they arrived, food, clothing, and shelter.Dec 8, 2011
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]]> 2017-08-28 01:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/305008/3k9gw21e56gx/wish/183015854 Bacon’s Rebellion 305008 https://padlet.com/305008/3k9gw21e56gx/wish/183016034 Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.

]]> 2017-08-28 01:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/305008/3k9gw21e56gx/wish/183016034 Toleration Act of 1649 305008 https://padlet.com/305008/3k9gw21e56gx/wish/183016260 The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. It was passed on April 21, 1649, by the assembly of the Maryland colony, in St. Mary's City.

]]> 2017-08-28 01:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/305008/3k9gw21e56gx/wish/183016260 Olaudah Equiano 305008 https://padlet.com/305008/3k9gw21e56gx/wish/183016711 Olaudah Equiano, kno4 in his lifetime as Gustavus Vassa, was a prominent African in London, a freed slave who supported the British movement to end the slave trade.]]> 2017-08-28 01:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/305008/3k9gw21e56gx/wish/183016711 Slave codes 305008 https://padlet.com/305008/3k9gw21e56gx/wish/183017121 Slaves codes were state laws established to determine the status of slaves and the rights of their owners. Slave codes placed harsh restrictions onslaves' already limited freedoms, often in order to preempt rebellion or escape, and gave slave owners absolute power over their slaves.

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