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Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, is established by the London Company in southeast Virginia.
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The first representative assembly in America Meets for the first time in Virginia. Slaves are also brought to Jamestown for the first time
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The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts is established by Pilgrims from England. The mayflower compact is signed by 41 male passengers before leaving the ship.
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The nations wealth and power needed to expand so the export of goods started to happen
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Required all trade between England and the colonies to be carried in English or colonial vessels
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English seize New Amsterdam (city and colony) from the Dutch and rename it New York
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Helped the colonist understand universal rights and freedom from the English crown
