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Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement was established. -
Thirty Years War
The start of Protestants revolting against the Catholic oppression marked the beginning of the Thirty Years War -
Slavery
The first African slaves were brought to Jamestown -
The House of Burgesses
The first representative assembly in America met for the first time in Virginia. -
Pilgrims
Pilgrims from England arrived at Plymouth on the Mayflower -
Gravity
Isaac Newton started experimenting with gravity -
French settlers
French settlers moved to Mississippi from Louisiana