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

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- 16,000 migrants arrive to Massachusetts Bay colony
- 16,000 migrants arrive to Massachusetts Bay colony
- inland migration as settlers expand across New England
- inland migration as settlers expand across New England
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|1683
|1683
|arrival of the Concord
|arrival of the Concord
|considered the "German Mayflower"
| - considered the "German Mayflower"
had 33 German Mennonites on board; landed near Philadelphia
- had 33 German Mennonites on board; landed near Philadelphia
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|1681
|1681
|WIlliam Penn granted land by Charles II
|WIlliam Penn granted land by Charles II
| - names it Pennsylvania
| - names it Pennsylvania
- Quaker refuge  
- Quaker refuge


- settlers include Germans
- settlers include Germans
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- starting w/ first importation of African slaves in 1619 (about 20) to Jamestown
- starting w/ first importation of African slaves in 1619 (about 20) to Jamestown
- by 1725 black slave population estimated at 75,000
- by 1725 black slave population estimated at 75,000
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|1760
|1760