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The English established the settlement called Jamestown in 1607. Virginia was the home to the first settlement of the New World.
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The first representative assembly is established in the New World. This assembly was known as The House of Burgesses.
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The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts is established by Pilgrims coming from England. The Mayflower compact was formed, it went over the colonies government.
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New Amsterdam was seized by the English from the Dutch. It was renamed New York.
