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The first Englishman to land on the New England coast, exploring and naming Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard.
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Establishment of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. The short lives Popham Colony founded in Maine by the Virginia Company of Plymouth.
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Santa Fe, New Mexico established by Spain.
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Tobacco saved the Jamestown colony. The wealth of Tobacco brought many more colonist to the area and bettered the economy.
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The first slaves were brought to America. A lot started out working in Tobacco farms. This was the introduction to slavery in the United States
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Mayflower Compact signed. Plymouth Colony is founded in what would be Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony founded
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William Penn formed the religiously tolerant colony of Pennsylvania.
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The English civil war started, and Montreal was founded.
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First Quakers arrive in New England.
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The Glorious Revolution happens, and King James II flees to France and is replaced by William and Mary of Orange .
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Capital of Virginia moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg. Jamestown is slowly abandoned.
