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King James made peace with Spain
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London Company established Jamestown.
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New France established Quebier
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Santa Fe became the first permanent European settlement in the southwest.
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First African slaves arrived.
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Navigation Act
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New Amsterdam had the largest urban slave population on the continent.
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Virginia recognizes slavery
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All European goods must pass through England.
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Maryland first slave legislature
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Colonial merchants pay "duty" on environmental articles shipped from colony to colony.
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King Phillip's War
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Virginia banned interracial marriages.