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  columbus found North America/ the (new world) as they called it back then.
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  Jamestown was named after king james the first.
 Jamestown was founded for the purposes of a quick profit from gold mining.
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  The Pilgrims settled at Plymouth, after arriving on the Mayflower.
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  Founded by English Puritans. John Winthrop became the first governor of the colony.
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  It was renamed New York after the Duke of York, who recieved the land from the King.
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  It was used as a refuge for Quakers.
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  Twenty-three delegates met from Jun 19,1754 to July 11,1754.
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  The battle was a failed attempt to make a military inspection durimg the French and Indian War.
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  It ended when British Major General James Wolfe captured Quebec.