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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus "discovers" America
Columbus is who people say "found" America but there where already people here. -
Jamestown Colony created
Jamestown was named after King James I (of England). It is located on the James River. -
Plymouth Colony created
The Plymouth Colony was founded by pilgrims in the 1620's. The leaders or the Plymouth Colony where William Bradford, John Carver, William Brewster, and Miles Standish. -
New Amsterdam becomes New York
The present day New Yord was called New Orange and before that New Amsterdam. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony created
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was created by Puritan settlers led by James Winthrop fleeing from religious problems in England.They belived natives dieing from smallpox was God's way of emptying the land. -
William Penn creates Pennsylvania
The king of England (Charles II) granted William Penn a charter to establish a colony in America. So in 1681 he created Pennsylvania. -
George Washington assaults Fort Duquesne
The French occupied the site and renamed it Fort Duquesne. On May 27, George Washington surprised a French scouting party south of the fort and in a brief battle killed ten and took 22 prisoners. -
Albany Congress meets
In an attempt to resolve two pressing problems in the Ohio Valley of the American Colonies, the English Board of Trade had called a Congress of the New England Colonies. Twenty-three delegates would meet in Albany, New York from June 19 to July 11, 1754. -
The French & Indian War concludes
The French and Indian War ended sometime in 1763. A decade later a new war started called the Revolution,
