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England establishes the first permanent settlement in North America when 104 men arrived in what is now Jamestown, Virginia. -
African slaves arrive in Jamestown, Virginia. They are the first African slaves to arrive in English colonies. -
This was the first popularly elected body of power in the New World. The House of Burgesses is formed in Jamestown, Virginia. -
The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules for self-governing written by the Pilgrims when they arrived in the New World. The compact called for self-governing while still being loyal to the English throne. -
Trimountaine is renamed Boston after a city in England where a few prominent colonists were from. Boston grew as colonists looked for freshwater sources from Charlestown. -
This act called for more religious freedoms in the British colonies. The act was passed in St. Mary's City by the assembly of the Maryland colony. -
England takes New Amsterdam from the Dutch and renames it New York. -
Modern-day Charleston, South Carolina is founded as Charles Town after the current King, Charles II. -
William Penn receives a royal charter from Charles II to establish Pennsylvania as a colony for persecuted Quackers. -
The Capital of the colony of Virginia moves from Jamestown to Williamsburg. Jamestown is then abandoned.