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The first British establishment became Jamestown in Virginia Colony.
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The House of Burgesses was the first assembly in the Americas. They met for the first time in Virginia
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20-30 enslaved Africans landed at Point Comfort, today's Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va., aboard the English privateer ship White Lion.
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Pilgrims from England arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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The English seize New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
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A revolt against religious, economic, and political institutions that the Spanish impose on the Pueblos.
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William Penn receives a royal charter from Charles II to establish Pennsylvania.
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Started in February of 1692 and more than 200 people were accused, thirty people were found guilty, 19 of whom were executed by hanging.