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On this date the first colony, Jamestown, was established in Virginia.
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The Compact that established the legal structure and government of the Puritan's colony in Plymouth.
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A massacre which occurred due to the Powhatan Indian's trying to rid their land of settlers.
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On this date, Harvard College was founded, becoming the first university in America.
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On this date, Rhode Island passed a law that restricted slavery in their colony
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An act passed by the British that allowed only the British to trade with the colonies.
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On this date, the first newspaper was published in Boston by the Public Occurrences