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In southeast Virginia, the London Company founded Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America.
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In Virginia, the House of Burgesses became the first elected legislature of America. They had their first meeting and the first slaves from Africa were carried to Jamestown.
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The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts was founded by English pilgrims.
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41 male passengers signed the Mayflower Compact before disembarking from their ship, the Mayflower. The Mayflower Compact arrangement formed the basis of the government of the colony.
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The colonial population reaches around 50,400.
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The English took New Amsterdam from the Dutch, both the city and colony, and renamed it New York.
