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Christopher Columbus finally landed in the New World after a long journey.
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English settlers founded the Jamestown Colony, which is their first permanent settlement.
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Many people boarded the Mayflower to create a new colony, but when the ship got there many of the people had already died. The people who actually survived created the Plymouth Colony.
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On this day English Puritans settled in Salem which became the Massechusetts Bay Colony. John Winthrop was the first governor of the colony.
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On September 8,1664 the articles of capitulation were finally signed which made the transformation from New Amsterdam to New York official.
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On this day William Penn founded Pennsylvania (which is about 40,000 square miles of land) beneath the Great Seal, which means it is an authorized document by the United States.
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The Albany Congress met in Albany, New York from June 19 to July 11, 1754 to discuss their plan of action against some major problems faced by the colonists. These congressmen decided on a plan of action but then decided against it in the end.
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George Washington tried to capture the French Fort Duquense, but it ended in the bitter taste of defeat.
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On this day the French and Indian war ends after the Treaty of Paris, which was signed by Great Britain, Spain, and France.
