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Jamestown was the first official and permanent settlement by the English in the Americas. It was also establish by the Virginia Company.
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The House of Burgesses was the very first representative assembly in America. On this day they met for the first time in Virginia.
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On this day, the first slaves were brought to America to be used for labor.
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This was the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony to be signed. It was written by Puritans who were hoping to escape religious persecution.
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Pilgrims establish the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. It was founded in hope for religious freedom and a better life.
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John Winthrop gave his famous sermon, City on a Hill. This sermon was about his expectations for Massachusetts, and how it should be different from the other settlements. His sermon impacted many settlers to want to create a better community, some settlers even started to begin groups against slavery.
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New Amsterdam is seized by the English and is renamed New York. The Dutch surrendered to the English. The English took the colony to take control of valuable trade.
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