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In 1607, Virginia was founded by John Smith and became the first of the thirteen colonies. This colony was named Jamestown.
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In 1611, Sir Thomas Dale came to VIrginia and used his soldier skills to make changes to Jamestown. He made the Martial Law and strict military codes. He organized workface, livestock production.
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The Pilgrim Fathers, founded the second colony which is present day called Massachussets. They wrote the Mayflower Compact as a set of specific laws and social rules for the new colony. -
This was a time between 1630-1640, when thousands of English people to the Americas.
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The Quakers, or Society of Friends, was a Protestant sect founded in England in which they believe salvation is available to all people.
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King Charles II officially united Connecticut as a single colony. -
An uprising in 1676-1677 against American Indians and the Colonial Government in the Virginia Colony and Bacon's Decleration of the people.
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In 1688-1763 the French and Indian Wars between France and Great Britain for lands in North America.
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The Duke of York gained New Netherland and New Sweden which had been founded by Peter Minuit. He called this region as a whole New York. -
A document was signed by the represenatives of the 13 colonies to state their independence from the British Crown on July 4.
