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Jamestown the first first permanent English settlement in America, is established by the London Company in southeast Virginia. -
Plymouth colony is established and the Mayflower Compact is signed -
English seize New Amsterdam (city and colony) from the Dutch and rename it New York. -
King Philip's War begins when King Philip (1638–1676, and also known as Metacomet) leads a coalition of his Wampanoag tribe with their allies, the Pocumtuc and Narragansett, on a raid against the colonial settlement of Swansea. It ends when Philips Native American allies surrender and the Treaty of Casco signed
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Nanthaniel Bacon assembles a group of 500 men and marches on Jamestown. Bacon is captured, rescued and then pardoned after admitting his guilt and then writes the "Declaration of People" that criticizes the governor's administration. Bacon's forces burn Jamestown and Nathaniel dies of fever. -
William Penn receives a charter from Charles the Second to set up the colony of Pensylvania -
Charles II dies and his brother the Duke of York becomes King James II. James renames New Netherlands, New York, and declares it a royal province -
King James II is ousted and William and Mary of Orange are declared the rulers of England