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Jamestown
John Smith and other settlers land in the future Jamestown -
Mayflower Compact
The pilgrims land in New England and sign the Mayflower Compact -
First Thanksgiving
Squanto and other natives of the Wampanoag tribe teach the Pilgrims how to plant and harvest food. They celebrate the first thanksgiving in the fall of 1621 -
New Amsterdam (New York)
Dutch settlers found New Amsterdam. The settlement would eventually become New York -
Massachusetts Bay Colony Founded
English Settlers found the colony of the Massachusetts Bay -
Harvard College Founded
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New Amsterdam Captured
The English capture New Amsterdam in the second Anglo-Dutch War -
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King Philips War
The war between English settlers in New England and the Wampanoag tribe led by Metacom -
Bacon's Rebellion
The first rebellion of colonists against an English official
