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Three ships landed at Jamestown, the settlers founded Jamestown and appointed John Smith to the Governing Council.
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He traveled into the Hudson Bay looking for the path to Asia. He was funded by the Dutch.
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John Rolfe marries Pocahontas. Their marriage unites and brings peace between the Colonies and Pocahontas' tribe for eight years.
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First time that the House of Burgesses met and the first slaves were brought to America.
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Plymouth Colony founded in Massachusetts.
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Began to settle at Plymouth, but half of the colonists died because of the harsh winter.
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The first Thanksgiving was celebrated this year
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This War started over the conflict to control trade.
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This treaty ended the Pequot War.
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Witchcraft is made a capital crime. Slavery is legalized in Massachusetts.
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Passed by Maryland to allow the freedom of religion.
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The population of the colonies continued to grow. It was around 50,000
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Started with an attack on New Amsterdam by the Susquehannock in retaliation of the Dutch taking the land that became New Sweden. The Dutch defeat meant that the Dutch were pushed back to Fort Amsterdam.
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The English take New Amsterdam from the Dutch and renamed it New York.
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Started by attacks from Matacom and his allies due to English colonists encroachment on his land.
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King Philip's War ends
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Started over a pig, and caused the burning of Jamestown.
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Established by William Penn
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William Penn created a plan that would influence the drafting of the Constitution.
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The Statehouse was burned down, and Williamsburg replaced it as the Colonial capital the following year.
