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Settling of Jamestown
English settlement by the London company -
Pandemic
Smallpox pandemic kills 90% of the Native American population -
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Thirty Years War
Defenestration of Prague begins the most devastating war in European history -
The First Slaves
The first slaves arrive in the New World, Jamestown -
First Assembly
The House of Burgesses meet in Virginia for the first time -
Invention
The earliest human-powered submarine was invented -
Plymouth
The Pilgrims arrived in the New World and founded Plymouth -
Harvard College
The first college in North America, Harvard College is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts -
Slavery
Massachusetts becomes first state to legalize slavery -
Invention
James Gregory invents the first reflecting telescope -
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King Philip's War
Uprising of the Natives against the inhabitants of New England