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The first settlement of England in America. https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/jamestown -
Hans Lippershey invented the first refracting telescope.
https://www.loc.gov/collections/finding-our-place-in-the-cosmos-with-carl-sagan/articles-and-essays/modeling-the-cosmos/galileo-and-the-telescope -
John Rolfe successfully cultivated tobacco in 1610.
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The House of Burgesses, the first representative assembly in America, meets for the first time. It was established by Gov. Slaves are brought to Virginia.
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The first settlement of "Pilgrims" in New World with the hope of establishing a new church.
https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/mayflower -
Africans are brought to Maryland in 1642
https://lib.guides.umd.edu/marylandslavery -
Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam which builds the base of creating a New York
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One of the original 13 colonies, was the site of the first and second Continental Congresses. -
The Glorious Revolution "The Revolution of 1866" involved the overthrow of the Catholic King James II, who was replaced by his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange. Represented a shift from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy.
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A party of 200 Frenchmen and allied Mohawk along with Algonquin warrior attacked to the village of Schenectady in the colony of New York. 60 residents are killed.