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Britain's first permanent American colony is founded in what would become Virginia.
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John Rolfe introduces tobacco to Jamestown. This crop turned around Jamestown's economy and made it successful.
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New Netherlands was founded by the Dutch in what would become New York.
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Pocahontas, the daughter of the Powhatan Chief, married John Rolfe. This brought peace between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan Indians.
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The first Africans were brought to America. This set the stage for slavery.
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The House of Burgesses was the first elected general assembly in the colonies.
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America's first permanent Puritan settlement, Plymouth was established by English Separatist Puritans.
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North America's first university, Harvard was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts by the Massachusetts General Court.
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The Bay Psalm Book was the first book published in North America. It was published by Stephen Daye.
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William Penn and the Quakers founded Pennsylvania.
