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Queen Elizabeth I dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland, thus uniting the crowns of Scotland and England
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about 100men sailed into chesapeake bay and built a fort they called jamestown
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in 1620 one group of sepatatists decided to leave holland and settle in virginia. Today this people are called the pilgrims
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In the fall of 1621, the pilgrims set aside a day to give thanks and fortune. Today thankgiving holiday celebrates that occasion
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in 1930 about 900 puritans set off in 11 ships. They had formed the massachusetts Bay Company, which received charter to establish settlements in what are now massachusetts and new hampshire.
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the english fight a civil war
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king charles the second granted a charter for a new colony to be established there in the area called carolina
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new jersey was established in 1665 when part of southern new york as spilt off ot form a new coloney
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in 1675 he organized a force of 1,000 westerners and began attacking and killing native americans
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william and mary sign the english bill of rights
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new jersey received a new charter
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charles mason and jeremiah dixon were hired to settle a boundary dispute between maryland and pennslvania.
