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US History timeline & concept chart: 16th-18th centuries (to 1754) British-American colonies: Difference between revisions
US History timeline & concept chart: 16th-18th centuries (to 1754) British-American colonies (view source)
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== Southern colonial economies & demographics == | == Southern colonial economies & demographics == | ||
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! '''PERIOD / TIMELINE''' | |||
!'''PERIOD / TIMELINE''' | |||
! '''Major Events, Concepts & Themes''' | ! '''Major Events, Concepts & Themes''' | ||
! cell style="width:60%"|'''Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events''' | ! cell style="width:60%"|'''Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events''' | ||
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* | * 1660–1677 Governor Sr. William Berkely in office<br><br> | ||
* 1660s settlers encroach upon Indian lands along "Northern Neck" | |||
** land between Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers<br><br> | |||
* 1666 colonists declare war upon Native Americans in Northern Neck region<br><br> | |||
* 1675-76 Bacon's Rebellion<br><br> | |||
* 1680s significant growth in slavery | |||
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=== cash crops === | === cash crops === | ||
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=== slavery === | === slavery === | ||
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'''BIG IDEAS''' | '''BIG IDEAS''' | ||
* plantation economy | * plantation economy | ||
* social/ economic stratification | * social/ economic stratification | ||
* frontier settlements & conflict with Native Americans | * frontier settlements & conflict with Native Americans | ||
* Bacon's | * Bacon's Rebellion | ||
* expansion of slavery | * expansion of slavery | ||
*** by early 1700s VA & MD planters switch from indentured servants to slaves | *** by early 1700s VA & MD planters switch from indentured servants to slaves | ||
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** Gov Berkeley calls for new election | ** Gov Berkeley calls for new election | ||
*** but new legislators back Bacon and authorize militia | *** but new legislators back Bacon and authorize militia | ||
** known as "Bacon's Laws" | |||
*** also restores vote to all free men and removed Berkeley's tax exemptions | *** also restores vote to all free men and removed Berkeley's tax exemptions | ||
** Bacon still opposes Berkeley regime, with small army takes over capital at Jamestown and charges Berkeley with corruption | ** Bacon still opposes Berkeley regime, with small army takes over capital at Jamestown and charges Berkeley with corruption | ||