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Jan 1, 1215
The Magna Carta document isadopted in England
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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus makes his first voyage to the New World
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Jan 1, 1497
John Cabot of England exploresthe Atlantic coast of Canada
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Apr 2, 1513
Ponce de Leon of Spain lands inFlorida (Easter Sunday)
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Jan 1, 1516
A smallpox epidemic amongNew England Native Americans
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Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther launches theProtestant Reformation in Europe
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Sep 12, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan and his creware the first people to sail around the world
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Sep 1, 1521
Hernando Cortes conquers the Aztec empire
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Jan 1, 1524
Giovanni da Varrazano exploresthe Carolina area, Hudson River,Narragansett Bay, and NovaScotia
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Jan 1, 1541
Hernando de Soto of Spaindiscovers the Mississippi River
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Jan 1, 1565
St. Augustine, the first permanentcolony in Florida by the Spanish
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Roanoke Island settled by SirWalter Raleigh
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Roanoke colony vanishes,leaving only “Croaton” carved on a tree
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The London Company sponsors acolonizing expedition to Virginia
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Jamestown founded
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Jamestown is founded in Virginiaby the colonists of the LondonCompany
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Henry Hudson explores NorthAmerica from Hudson River toAlbany
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Tobacco planted in Virginia
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Slavery begins in ColonialAmerica
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Virginia House of Burgessesconvenes in Jamestown
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Tobacco becomes an export staple for Virginia
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Mayflower lands at Cape Cod, Massachusetts
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Mayflower Compact is signed
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John Winthrop and Puritans move to Massachusetts Bay
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Boston is established
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Maryland established
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Harvard College founded
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Roger Williams founds Providence and Rhode Island
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Anne Hutchinson is banishedfrom Massachusetts
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Navigation Act
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Carolina established
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The Half-way covenant enacted
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Navigation Act that required that most imports to the colonies must be transported via England on English ships.
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Navigation Act of 1663: requires that most imports to the colonies must be transported via England on English ships.
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The Dutch New Netherland colony becomes English NewYork
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Maryland passes a law makinglifelong servitude for blackslaves mandatory
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Dutch military forces retake NewYork from the British
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Treaty of Westminster
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King Philip’s War
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Bacon’s rebellion
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Pennsylvania founded byWilliam Penn, a Quaker
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French explorer La Salleexplores the lower MississippiValley region
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King James II takes over Britain
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Edict of Nantes revoked
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New England Governor: Andros
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New England Governor Andros jailed by rebellious colonists
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the English government orders Andros to be returned to England to stand trial
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King William’s War begins
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Salem witch trials
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Treaty of Ryswickends King William’s War
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Leif Ericson explores the eastcoast of North America
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