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Jamestown was founded as America’s first permanent English colony in Virginia in 1607. Approximately 100 people called the Virginia Company settled in America
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Henry Hudson sailed into New York while working for the Dutch
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John Rolfe and Pocahontas marry leading to years of peace between the colonists and the Native Americans.
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The Puritans arrived in Cape Cod
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Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe share the first Thanksgiving meal
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The Charter on Virginia is ended by the King and it becomes a royal colony.
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King Charles I was executed in England causing the colonies to discuss for the first time the authority of the British over the new settlements.
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New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Carolina, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania colonies founded
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The first book is printed in North America
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Slavery was legalized in Connecticut and is recognized in the American colonies
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This law stated that children of slaves were to become slaves themselves for their lifetimes.
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Nathaniel Bacon and others attacked the Doeg Indians using self-defense as their excuse. Local tribes were furious and conflicts arose between the two sides.
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Twelve towns were destroyed as Metacolm Indians attacked settlers for encroaching on their land. This was the beginning of a war that lasted a year
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Preachers caused over 150 people to be arrested and 19 of them were executed.