CHRONOLOGY

1640s

  • Colonists in Barbados begin to grow sugarcane with the labor of African slaves.

1663

  • Royal charter is granted for the Carolina colony.

1670

  • Charles Towne, South Carolina, is founded.

1670–1700

  • Slave labor system emerges in Carolina and Chesapeake colonies.

1680

  • PopĂ© leads the Pueblo Revolt.