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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus discovers the New World
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Colony of Roanoke founded.
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Jamestown becomes first permanent English settlement in the New World
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Virginia House of Burgesses meets for the first time.
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Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth; Sign the Mayflower Compact
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New Hampshire is founded.
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Dutch establish colony and name it New Amsterdam; later becomes New York
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Massachusetts Bay Colony is founded.
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Colony of Maryland is founded.
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Roger Williams founds the colony of Rhode Island
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Thomas Hooker founds the colony of Connecticut
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Colonies of Carolina were established
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Colony of New of New Jersey founded
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William Penn establishes the colony of Pennsylvania
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Period: to
First Great Awakening
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James Ogelthorpe founds the colony of Georgia
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John Peter Zenger acquitted; Freedom of the Press established