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History of the Southeastern United States - Dewey 975


DELAWARE

MARYLAND

WASHINGTON, D. C.
    WEST VIRGINIA
      VIRGINIA

      • Children's books * in or about Virginia and children's colonial * theme booklist
      • 1587 - Sir Humphrey Gilbert * was involved in Roanoke explorations and Plymouth colony later
      • April 10, 1606 - First * charter | May 23, 1609 - Second * charter | March 12, 1611 - Third * Charter of Virginia
      • 1608 - John Smith became their leader *, created a map *, and wrote about what supplies * to bring as a planter. Smith's "A History of Virginia, 1624" * documented the people who settled at the colony.
      • 1608 - English rediscovered JAMESTOWN * | Virtual Jamestown * | Jamestown * timeline (see: 975.5)
      • 1619 - Robert Johnson, Nova Britannia: Offering most excellent fruites by planting in Virginia. *
      • Think About It: Might an indentured black servant (Anthony Johnson) achieve success as a free black man?
        • Antonio Johnson - Court Document *
        • Contesting Anthony Johnson's property *
      • 1619 * Letter of John Pory, Virginia Company
      • 1619 - A Dutch slave ship * lost offshore, traded slaves for cargo
        • African Captives Yoked In Pairs *
        • Portrait of a Negro *
        • 17th century Black * Laws in Maryland and Virginia
      • 1620 - English colonists in Virginia establish a school to try to convert Native Americans there to Christianity. The school is destroyed by Native Americans in 1622.
      • 1622 - Necessary Supplies * for the Voyage to Virginia (clothing, tools, etc.)
      • 1632 - Williamsburg * - a history of the Virginian colony (see: 917.55 VA)
      • 1642 - Virginia Governor Sir William Berkeley forces Native Americans to cede all lands between the York and James Rivers.
      • Colonial Virginia: 1680-1740 *
      • 1656 - 1658 - - Laws passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses state that: lands granted to Native Americans by the assembly cannot be taken away except by consent of the assembly; no land grants can be issued to Europeans until every tribe receives 50 acres for each "bowman"; Native Americans have hunting rights on all unclaimed land; and any tribal lands included in grants at Rappanhannock must either be purchased from, or returned to, the tribe. Late in 1658, the assembly admits that English colonists are still untruding on native lands.
      • 1662 - A Virginia law mandates that Native Americans are to be "protected in their property as if they were Englishmen."
      • 1693 - The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg, Virginia. Its charter contains special provisions for the education of Native Americans.
      • Firefighting * in colonial Virginia
      • Jamestown *, Virginia timeline (see: 973.21)
      • 1831 - The confessions of Nat Turner * - (Virginian slave) who lead a revolt. (see:973.562)
      • 1854 - Anthony Burns * , the fugitive slave of Charles Suttle of Virginia, was helped * by Anti-Slavery Society in Boston from slave-catchers enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
      • 1859 - John Brown's Raid * - A Chronology (see:973.7114)


      NORTH CAROLINA

      • Children's books * in or about North Carolina and children's colonial * theme booklist
      • North Carolina history 1 and history 2
        • native tribes * | first English colony * at Roanoke * | 1587 "Lost Colony *"
      • March 24, 1663 - Charter * of Carolina
      • December 18, 1776 - Constitution * of North Carolina


      SOUTH CAROLINA

      • Children's books * in or about South Carolina and children's colonial * theme booklist
      • March 24, 1663 - Charter * of Carolina
      • Letters * of Thomas Newe to His Father from South Carolina (1682)
      • 1680 - 1683 - - English forces in (South) Carolina attack the Westos to acquire slaves for trade and to gain better access to interior areas. By 1683 only 50 Westos remain. They later join the Creek tribe.
      • 1680 - 1684 - English colonists in (South) Carolina and their Indian allies attack Spanish outposts in Georgia. Spanish control in the area crumbles after these raids.
      • 1683 - 1690s - - The Shawnee of the Savannah River (Georgia) dominate trade with European American colonists in South Carolina, acquiring firearms in exchange for furs and enslaved Indians captured in raids on other tribes.
      • 1692 - English traders in (South) Carolina provoke Indian tribes against one another in order to acquire slaves.
      • September 9, 1739 - black unrest in South Carolina with the Stono's Rebellion *
      • March 19, 1778 - Constitution * of South Carolina
      • History * of South Carolina (see: 917.57)
      • Camden, SC * (August 16, 1780) - Revolutionary War (see: 973.331)
      • Fort Sumter * (Charleston, SC) the April 12, 1861 beginning of the Civil War (see: 973.73)
      • Abraham Lincoln * , a Republican, is elected president in 1860. (see: 923.124)


      GEORGIA

      • Children's books * in or about Delaware and children's colonial * theme booklist
      • 1687 - Members of the Yamasee tribe revolt against Spanish rule in Florida and Georgia and flee north.
      • James * Oglethorpe * granted a charter for Georgia in 1732. (see: 975.8)
      • Historic Savannah *, Georgia - (see: 917.58)
      • Savannah history * - (see: 917.58 Georgia)
      • 1732 - Charter * of Georgia
      • Georgia * - state seal (see: 917.58)
      • Slave trade as an economic venture
        • Venture * Smith's Narrative *)
      • Smallpox-free * slaves - Charlestown, 1769 - Slave Auction broadside *
      • Images 1 and Images 2 of African-American Slavery and Freedom
      • American revolution in Georgia *
      • February 5, 1777 - Constitution * of Georgia
      • Civil War sites * in Georgia (see: 973.7100)
      • Trail of Tears * (1838): Cherokee Indians begin walk from Georgia to Oklahoma (see:973.572)


      FLORIDA

      • Children's books * in or about Florida and children's colonial * theme booklist
      • Florida state flag *
      • Florida facts * and history
      • St. Augustine *, Florida (see: 973.1)
      • Florida *- her seal (see: 917.59 geography)


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