1619 ⟶ Arrival of First Enslaved Africans in Present-day United States

European slaving reaches America when the first Africans are...
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⛓️ Arrival of First Enslaved Africans in Present-day United States

European slaving reaches America when the first Africans are brought to the present-day United States.⟶
Transatlantic Slave TradeSlaveryAfrican DiasporaColonialismUnited States HistoryAtlantic WorldRace Relations
United StatesUnited StatesAngolaAngolaDemocratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo

🚢 Mayflower Voyage to Plymouth Colony

The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, England to what became the Plymouth Colony in New England.The 1622 massacre was instrumental in causing English colonists to view all natives as enemies⟶
Mayflower Voyage to Plymouth Colony (1620)
ColonialismPuritansNew EnglandAtlantic WorldMigrationEarly American HistoryMassachusetts
United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited StatesUnited States

🏘️ Charleston Founded

The city of Charleston is founded in present-day South Carolina.⟶
Charleston Founded (1670)
ColonialismEarly American HistorySettlementUrban DevelopmentSouth CarolinaNew WorldSociety
United StatesUnited States

🏘️ American Colonization Society Establishes Liberia

Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.⟶
American Colonization Society Establishes Liberia (1820)
ColonizationTransatlantic Slave TradeAbolitionismDiasporaSocial ReformAtlantic WorldSettler Colonialism
LiberiaLiberiaUnited StatesUnited States

🚫 Prohibition Begins in the United States

January 17: Prohibition in the United States begins.⟶
Prohibition Begins in the United States (1920)
ProhibitionSocial ReformCrimeOrganized Crime
United StatesUnited States

🍻 Prohibition Ends in the United States

December 5: Prohibition in the United States is abolished.⟶
Prohibition Ends in the United States (1933)
ProhibitionSocial ReformLaw
United StatesUnited States