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The first permanent English settlement in American. Established by the London Company in southeast Virginia.
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Henry Hudson explores the Hudson River and Delaware Bay for the Dutch.
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Dutch successfully harvests tobacco in Jamestown, Virginia, ensuring the colony's success.
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Smallpox kills about 90% of the Massachusetts Bay Indians
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The first representative assembly in American. The first African slaves are brought to Jamestown.
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Mayflower Compact signed. 41 male passengers signed the Mayflower Compact, an agreement that forms the basis of the colony's government. Plymouth Colony is founded in what would be Massachusetts, by the Plymouth Company.
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Dutch build Fort Amsterdam at the southern tip of Manhattan island.
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Harvard University, founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Fundamental Agreement of the New Haven Colony signed. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut adopted and the Crown formally recognizes the Virginia Assembly.
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The first book printed in the United States, produced in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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French and Iroquois Wars escalate to full warfare
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The beginning of the English Civil War. Montreal founded.
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Conflicts between the Esopus tribe of Lenape Indians and New Netherlander colonists in Ulster County, New York.
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English size New Amsterdam from the Dutch and renamed it, New York.
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The Blue Law of the Colony of Connecticut is a set of harsh statutes governing conduct in the Puritan colony. Restricting activities on Sunday
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The English Parliament presents the English Bill of Rights to William and Mary and is later used as one of the models for the United States Bill of Rights.