US History timeline & concept chart: 16th-18th centuries (to 1754) British-American colonies: Difference between revisions

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*** the Dominion was dismantled in 1689 and new charters were granted after the Glorious Revolution under William & Mary
*** the Dominion was dismantled in 1689 and new charters were granted after the Glorious Revolution under William & Mary


==== '''mercantilism''' ====
==== mercantilism ====
* European political and economic policy of forcing colonial possessions to trade directly with the home country and not others
* European political and economic policy of forcing colonial possessions to trade directly with the home country and not others
* Navigation Act of 1651
* Navigation Act of 1651
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** = possible source of democratic impulse among colonials
** = possible source of democratic impulse among colonials


=== '''Jamestown''', 1607 ===
=== Jamestown, 1607 ===
* in 1606 three ships sailed for North America, landing at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in 1607
* in 1606 three ships sailed for North America, landing at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in 1607
** 105 men and boys made it to Jamestown (1 died on the voyage)
** 105 men and boys made it to Jamestown (1 died on the voyage)
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* quality of tobacco went down as farmers sought to produce more quantities
* quality of tobacco went down as farmers sought to produce more quantities


=== '''Headright System/Headrights''' ===
=== Headright System/Headrights ===
* = grant of land to colonial settlers
* = grant of land to colonial settlers
* first employed w/ VA colony, then Plymouth and others
* first employed w/ VA colony, then Plymouth and others
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* 1634 Maryland founded
* 1634 Maryland founded
 
** by Catholic George Calvert, Lord Baltimore; granted by English King Charles I
* by Catholic George Calvert, Lord Baltimore; granted by English King Charles I
* = the first proprietary colony = owned and governed by an individual
* first prioprietary colony = owned and governed by an individual
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