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All but 60 of the 500 colonists in Jamestown die from starvation.
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Massasoit was the leader of the Wampanoag tribe.
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The first Puritan ship, the Arbella, sails to the New World.
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The Massachusetts Bay Colony passes a law saying that parents must teach their children to read.
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King Charles I is beheaded and Parliament takes over control of England.
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King Phillip's war was a war between Massasoit's son, King Phillip, or Metacom, and the colonists that went from 1675 to1676.
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The Pueblo led by Popé drive the Spaniards out of Sante Fe.
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The Salem Witch Trials were a time when almost everyone was afraid of witches and accused many people of being them.