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CHRONOLOGY (continued)
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1619 House of Burgesses created in Virginia
First enslaved Africans brought to Virginia colony

1620 Mayflower Compact establishes Plymouth Colony
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1620s British West Indies established
1620s–1630s Anglo-Powhatan and Pequot wars lead to expansion of English settlements
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1623 Massachusetts Bay Company established
c. 1630 Virginia colony becomes commercially successful
1630s Puritan colonies spread quickly on American Indian lands

1635 Dissenters establish Providence, Rhode Island
1637 Massacre of Pequots by Puritan colonists

1642–1651 English Civil War leads to population surge in the colonies
1647–1692 Salem witch paranoia
1651 Parliament passes first Navigation Acts

1660 Royal African Company formed
Barbados reaches majority Black population

1660s Slave laws passed by Virginia House of Burgesses
1660s–1670s Economic inequality in the colonies rises, frustrating a growing common class
1672 Royal African Company brings enslaved Africans to North America

1675 Bacon’s Rebellion
1675–1678 Metacom’s War (also known as King Philip’s War)

1680 Pueblo Revolt
c. 1680 British economy surges due to mercantilism
1682 French claim all land drained by Mississippi River tributaries and name the colony
Louisiana
William Penn establishes Quaker haven in Philadelphia
1688 Leisler’s Rebellion
1689–1697 King William’s War

1689–1713 Europe in constant state of war, conflict spilling into colonies
c. 1700–1808 Over 4 million enslaved Africans cross the Middle Passage

c. 1700 Charleston becomes leading importer of enslaved Africans
c. 1700s Disparity in land ownership leads to wealth inequality
Popular publications spread Enlightenment ideas throughout British colonies
c. 1700–1750 Colonial population rise leads to conflict with American Indians
c. 1700–1760s Rice and indigo become cash crops

1720s–1730s Planters and merchants make economic and political gains

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