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Christopher Columbus makes his first voyage and discovers America while trying to find a sea route to Africa.
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The Roanoke Colony is founded. After a trip for supplies people find that the all the other colonists disappear.
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The Jamestown Settlement is established in Virginia.
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Only 20% of the settlers in Jamestown survive the winter and it is dubbed the "Starving Time."
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Jamestown settler John Rolfe marries Pocahontas, the daughter of the Powhatan Indian chief and saves his colony because of this
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The Dutch colony of New Netherland is established on the east coast of America.
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The first African slaves arrive in Jamestown to grow tobacco. The House of Burgesses, meets at Jamestown.
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Plymouth Colony is founded by the Pilgrims to escape religious persecution.
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The Dutch purchase Manhattan Island from the local Native Americans for 24 dollars worth of glass beads.
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The Revolutionary War begins starting a 7 year feud.
