Six Degrees of Seperation 1607-1800 (not done)

1607 – 1800 

Six Degrees of Separation

1607 Jamestown was founded

1608 - Quebec is founded. The placement of Quebec sets itself up to run into conflict with the English. The French wanted to connect Quebec with their other colony New Orleans which would cut off English's ability to expand. This is not okay with the English because they have to expand with their plantation and population growths. this leads to the French and Indian war.

1754 French and Indian War began. It was fought for the rights of the Ohio river area. However, once the war ended and colonists began to settle in this area the native americans grew disgruntled. This led to the proclamation of 1763.

Proclamation of 1763 caused much aminosity between the British and the colonists, whom believed that they had just fought the French and Indian war to gain access to the areas that Britain was blocking off for Natives. Colonists ignored this proclamation and continued to explore throughout the west. This sets up the rebellion of the American Revolution and the first official battle of Lexington in 1775.

April 1775 battle of Lexington. After the first battle at Lexington the American Revolution simply snowballed. The British had to make an example of the colonists causing the colonists to be even more stubborn about their resistance. This led to the Declaration of Independence.

Declaration of Independence 1776. After the Declaratio of Independence was issued there was no turning back. The colonists had to either fight or submit. They chose to fight, and eventually win at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.

Battle of Yorktown 1781. After the end of the war in 1781 the continental congress was not fit to run a nation. Therefore they needed something to bind America together so the drafting of the constitution begun.

May 25 1787 drafting of constitution began. The constitution was supposed to be just an edit of the already in place Articles of Confederation. When it was put out that it was a whole new constitution the issue was very debated. To persuade states to ratify the constitution the Federalist papers were published.

1787 Federalist papers were published. The federalist papers allowed for the constitution to be ratified. The new congress needed a leader and they elected a president.

Election of 1800 between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

Six Degrees of Separation (1607-1754)

1607 - Jamestown was founded. This small colony started out rocky, but managed to survive.

1608 - Quebec is founded. The placement of Quebec sets itself up to run into conflict with the English. The French wanted to connect Quebec with their other colony New Orleans which would cut off English's ability to expand. This is not okay with the English because they have to expand with their plantation and population growths. this leads to the French and Indian war.

1612- John rolfe introduces a new type of tobacco that is very successful in England. The tobacco requires a lot of land and labor, however. This leads to the beginning ideas of slavery and indentured servitude.

1619- First African American slaves were imported. This was a small shipment of only 20 slaves, but it paved the way and idea for large scale slavery import. It wasn't until years later, after the Bacon rebellion, that North America began to truly look into slavery as a possible labor source. This was an alternative option to the otherwise disposable native americans as a labor force.

1637- The Pequot War. This virtually exterminated the Pequot tribe and allowed for western expansion. The Western expansion would lead to conflict with the French over the Ohio area.

1675 - King Philip's War. This war made the natives realise that they needed to band together to fight the Europeans. Both sides went way farther than any previous war in torture and brutality. It completely decimated any hope of peaceful negotiations. The other tribes that survived (the Iroquois) sided with the French instead of the English.

1676- Bacon's Rebellion - Originally the colonists used white indentured servants that would work for them for about seven years in return for payment for their passage from the old world to the new world. There was a catch, however, they were required to be given a parcel of land at the end of their servitude. This was all fine and dandy for the first wave of white indentured, but as more and more white indentured servants became free and wanting of land, and as the good land was getting gobbled up, people became increasingly unsettled. This led to Bacon's Rebellion. Bacon kills a whole bunch of peaceful Indians causing further tension between the native americans and whites. 

1754 - French and Indian War

Six Degrees of Separation (1491-1607)

1491 – Before Columbus arrived, peopled by hundreds of complex societies, Aztec or Pueblos

1492 – Columbus discovers the new world. This starts off the Columbian exchange. The old world is introduced to new foods such as potatoes and corn that boosts their ability to feed more thereby increasing their population. Amerigo Vespucci lived, at that time in Spain, and noticed Columbus’s travels; it caused him to want to travel as well. (http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/latinamericatheconquest/a/09vespucci.htm)

1497 - Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to the New World. When he came back from the voyage he wrote of the “new world” These letters were published and circulated causing hype and excitement for the exploration of the new world. This adds to the appeal for King James I to support travel and create the Virginia Charter.

1534- Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in order to divorce his wife Catherine of Arragon (from Spain), get a new one, and produce male heirs. This ripped apart the relationship between England and Spain. The break from the Pope also lead to the Protestant Reformation in England. It allowed King Henry VIII to have Queen Elizabeth, the would be queen during the Defeat of the Spanish Armada.

1558- Queen Elizabeth is appointed to the thrown. Before the break from Spain England had no want or need to expand their own colonies in North America; now she has to compete with the Spanish. She secretly employs “sea dogs” to loot Spanish ships. This angers the Spanish and causes them to create an Armada to once again return England under the Roman Catholics hold.

1588 - Defeat of the Spanish Armada left the British in sole power of the sea. This made sea travel safer allowing investors to feel more comfortable about investing their money in oversea travel. It also provided English Pride and nationalism; the general population put more faith into their government.

1600’s – The Joint Stock company had many investors; this made it so that the investors would not lose everything if the company bankrupted. The profit if the company didn’t bankrupt was well worth the risk so many investors joined together to form the Virginia Company; which was the company that founded Jamestown.

1607- Jamestown is founded