Race/Ethnicity

Main

Trans Atlantic Trade

1550 - 1850

Sir Walter Raleigh 'settles' Virginia

1584

in honor of Queen Elizabeth

Pocahontas

1595 - 1617

Before Colonization

1600

spain economically thriving; england running out of resources and looking to expand

Cotton Mather

1600

Jamestowne, VA settled

1607

Age of Flexibility

1619 - 1680

English Emmigration

1619 - 1622

3,500 people

Pilgrims in Plymouth

1620

Thanksgiving

1621

Global Slave Trade

1650 - 1860

South Carolina became colony

1663

AofF ends; 4 Factors takes place

1680 - 1730

"The True History...Mary Rowlandson" Published

1682

Clothing & Meaning

1690 - 1700

people worried about clothing and gender, status, sexuality

Slave Codes

1696

Colonists in US v. England

1757

horse is technologically advanced, community of plural languages

Zong

1781

Native Americans Media Debut

1830

Amistad

1839 - 1841

Irish Immigration

1840 - 1860

1.6 Million Irish men and *women

Potato Famine

1840

Share Croppers

1870 - 1970

in exchange for slavery

No Gender Issues

1880

Few Chinese in US

1900

Baby Boomer

1950

Civil Rights Era (the help)

1960

PSA Native American Pollution Commercial

1970

Amistad- Steven Spielberg

1997