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It was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. -
Smallpox wipes out 90% of Native Americans in the Massachusett Bay area.
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First representative assembly, the House of Burgesses, held in America is elected in Jamestown. -
The first African slaves are brought to Jamestown. The first Africans to reach the colonies that England was struggling to establish were a group of about 20 enslaved people who arrived near Jamestown. -
Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on the Mayflower. -
All foreign goods for the colonies had to be shipped by Britain so they could tax them, and some colonial products had to go to England first and then were shipped elsewhere.
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An armed rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon against Colonial Governor William Berkeley.
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People claimed that witches were among them, and over 200 people were caused and 30 were found guilty of being a witch.