History Dates Flashcards

1
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Mayflower lands at Cape Cod, forms local government

A

1620

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2
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John Winthrop leads Puritan migration 900 colonists, 1st governor

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1630

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3
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Roger Williams founds Providence and Rhode Island, banished for new and dangerous opinions

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1636

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4
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Columbus

A

1492

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5
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1st permanent colony in N.A., St. Augustine

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1565

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6
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Jamestown founded in Virginia, Capt. John Smith captured

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1607

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7
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1st legislative assembly in America, 20 Africans brought by Dutch ship, slavery began

A

1619

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8
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King Philip’s War erupts in New England, 600 colonists and 3000 natives killed

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1675-1676

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9
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Expansion, British pop 250,000

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1700

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10
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Diversity

A

1750

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11
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Salem Witch Trials

A

1692

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12
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Benjamin Rush killed patients

A

1793

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13
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40% indentured servants

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1625

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14
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16% indentured servants

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1683

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15
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30% w/ skills

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1654-1661

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16
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80% w/ skills

A

1773-1775

17
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African slaves used to replace indentured servants (25 to 210,000 slaves)

A

1625-1775

18
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Act “casual” killings of slaves

A

1669

19
Q

30 lashes on bare back if salves hands on any Christian

A

1680

20
Q

Thomas Hobbes, protect people

A

1651

21
Q

John Locke, treaties

A

1689

22
Q

The Age of Reason

The Age of Enlightenment, Revolution

A

1750

23
Q

Post Salem, persecution of mentally ill abated

A

18th century

24
Q
  • Though to be caused by spleen
  • Placed in cages in almshouses, jails
  • In chains, brutally whipped
A

Mid 18th Century

25
Q

Diphtheria

A

1735-1740

26
Q

Small Pox

A

1763

27
Q

Yellow Fever

A

1793

28
Q

The American Revolution/ War of Independence

A

1754-1781

29
Q

The Naturalization Act

  • Any alien, being free white person, could apply for citizenship
  • Indentured servants, free blacks and slaves were not eligible since they were property and not persons
A

1790

30
Q

Pension legislation for American colonies

A

1776