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French traders establish Port Royal trading outpost in Modern Day Nova Scotia.
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Queen Elizabeth I dies. She is succeeded by King James I.
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King James I of England establishes peace with the Spain Empire, allowing England to turn its efforts toward the New World
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Named for King James I, Jamestown was the first British colony in North America. Established 40 miles up the James river by sailors aboard the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery.
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Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec for France
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Henry Hudson, commissioned by the Dutch Parliament to find the Northwest Passage, claims New York for the Dutch. This helps to establish New Netherland in North America.
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Of the 400 settlers that arrived initially, only 60 remain. Jamestown is on the verge of collapse.
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The marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe eased tensions between the Powhatan Confederacy and the Jamestown colony.
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John Rolfe sends his first cargo of tobacco to England. This in turn saved the Jamestown colony by turning investors toward the young colony.
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The House of Burgesses was Virginia colony's first governing body, made up of land-owning representatives
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Dutch ships bring 20 African slave to Virginia.
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Pilgrims establish Plymouth Colony after leaving the Netherlands, their first refuge while fleeing Britain.
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Chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas, dies. He is succeeded by his brother, Opechancanough, who launched an offensive against the English settlers. He was eventually defeated by disease and English retaliation.
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Charles I succeeded King James I. Charles was executed after the English Civil War in 1649
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Peter Minuit purchases the area of Manhattan from the Munsee Indians living in the area.
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Groups of Puritans flee from King Charles I Catholic rule of England. They establish several colonies in the New England area.
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King Charles I land aside for the colony Maryland.
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This period covered a war between the Pequot Indians and Puritan settlers. The Puritans attacked the Pequot and drove them from their land, cementing the English presence in the area.
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Puritans establish New Haven Colony. The colony is absorbed into Connecticut in 1655
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The Irish Isle rebels from the English rule of King Charles I. A rebellion from British rule that would be repeated over a century later.
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Willem Kieft led a raid against the Lenape Algonquin, starting a war between the Indian Tribe and Dutch settlers. Many of the Indian were enslaved after Dutch victory ended the war.
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Roger Williams receives a charter to establish the colony of Rhode Island
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Parliament defeats and executes Charles I in the English Civil war. England became a republic thereafter as a protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. This changed the relation between the American Colonies and the British homeland.
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This act by the British Parliament forced merchants to ship good to England on English ships
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These wars broke out between the Esposus tribe and Dutch settlers over land settlements.
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William Penn receives the land needed to create the Colony of Pennsylvania.
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Charleston founded, establishing the colony of Carolina.
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Wampanoag leader Metacom, or King Philip, started an uprising against English settlers. This came in the aftermath of the murder of John Sassamon, a Christian member of the Wampanoag. The war started after three accused warriors of Metacom were killed in retribution.
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Nathaniel Bacon leads a rebellion against Governor Berkeley of Virginia over the Susquehannock War. He feels that the House of Burgesses was not protecting farmers from Indian raids, but rather making themselves more money.
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Pueblo Indians, led by the mystic Popé , rebelled against their Spanish overlords in New Mexico. Spain returned in 1692 to reconquer the area.
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Carolina Colony split into North and South Carolina.