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The first British colony, granted by Elizabeth I to Sir Walter Raleigh, was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina. -
Pocahontas is born, daughter of Chief Powhatan -
Port-Royal, Nova Scotia established by French explorers Pierre Dugua de Monts -
In May 1610, shipwrecked settlers who had been stranded in Bermuda finally arrived at Jamestown. -
Plymouth Colony is founded in what would be Massachusetts, by the Plymouth Company. -
Plymouth Colony is founded in what would be Massachusetts, by the Plymouth Company. -
Boston Latin School, founded on April 23, 1635, is the oldest public school in America. It offered free education to boys - rich or poor - while girls attended private schools at home. -
In September 1655, Dutch soldiers from New Netherland under the command of Peter Stuyvesant conquered the Delaware River colony of New Sweden. Under the terms of surrender the Swedish settlements were incorporated into the Dutch colony. -
The community named for the King Charles I was established by English settlers in 1670 across the Ashley River from the city's current location. -
The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 was a revolution against Spanish religious, economic, and political institutions imposed upon the Pueblos. It is the only successful Native uprising against a colonizing power in North America.