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The first settlement was created in America.
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Quebec was founded, which gave France a handhold in the new word
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The first shipments of tobacco were sent to England, where it became popular and created high demand.
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The first house of representatives was founded in Jamestown by the Virginia Company
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The first saves are brought to Jamestown
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Powhatan died and was succeeded by his brother
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Powhatan's successor, Opechancanough, launched a surprise attack on the land-hungry colonists, killing about a third of them in one day. This began an all-out war with the colonists.
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A foe of the Puritans, calling them "Excessive and dangerous"
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Over twenty-thousand Puritans migrated to America under growing oppression
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Boston was founded by John Winthrop
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The land for Maryland was claimed by King Charles
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Roger Williams founded Rhode island
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The Act of Religious Toleration was passed, granting religious freedom in that state.
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This act crippled the Dutch freight trade.
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New Amsterdam was claimed by the English then renamed to New York.
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This combined all of the northern states into one dominion.
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this was the bloodless overthrowing of king James II, who was replaced by his Protestant daughter Mary. This was significant because it gave a protestant the crown.
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In an attempt to populate Florida, Spain decreed that any English slave that came to Florida and swore loyalty to Spain was free.