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First permanent settlement in the New World
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Henry Hudson discovers the Hudson River in New York
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Pocahontas married John Rolfe. Introducing tobacco seeds to the colony and 8 years of peace
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Puritans establish a settlement in Plymouth and create the Mayflower Compact
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Three day event between Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe
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Powhatan Confederacy kill 300 colonist, a third of the entire population
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founded of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Roger Williams founds Rhode Island after his banishment from Massachusetts
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Slavery in recognized in the American colony after Connecticut legalizes it
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Rhode Island restricts slavery, making it illegal
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British troops seize New Netherlands from the Dutch in a "peaceful takeover"
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Nathaniel Bacon leads planters against Governor Berkeley
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William Penn signs treaty with Indian tribe and buys land from them
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accusations of witches led to arrests of hundreds and the death of 19 people
