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English decided to go to america for resourses and wealth.
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First attempt to establish a colony. Sir Walter Raleigh sent english settlers to Roanoke Island off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
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English settlers make first succesfull colony named Jamestown.
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The British were exploring and trading with the American Indians by the 1700s
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An American Indian named Cheif La Demoiselle Left Kekionga and set up a new village named Pickawillany. The Miami tribe settled in Pickawillany.
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In 1754 war broke out between the French and the British. The war lasted nine years.
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The British and French signed a treaty called the Peace of Paris. A Native American named Pontiac led a rebellion against the British. A proclamation in 1763 closed land west of the Apillation Mountains.
