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Sir Francis Drake withs his troops burns the Spanish settlement at St. Augustine in Florida.
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The english colonizer Humphrey Gilbert claims this land for the english Queen Elizabeth. He dies in the return voyage.
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Sir Walter Raleigh sends a group of colonizer to Roanoke island in Virginia.
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The first English child born in North America in Roanoke Island.
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All the population at the Roanoke islands disappears mysteriously. We suppose that Indians killed all the population.
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Bartholomew Gosnold, while exploring, settles in Cape Cod. He trades with natives and goes back to England.
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Chritopher Newport founds Jamestown and establish it as the first English settlement in North America. This colony suffers from hunger and Indian attacks.
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In Jamestown, English settlers plant tobacco to ensure the colony's success. They exported it to Europe.
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One hundred Pilgrims, arrived on the Mayflower, established a new settlement in Plymouth. They suffer form hunger.
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Colonizers arriving at Massachusetts Bay establish the village of Salem.
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Governor John Winthrop and over 1000 puritans found the Massachusetts Bay colony.
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Roger Williams founds the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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English troops take New Amsterdam from the Dutch and rename it New York.
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William Sayle, an English colonizer, founds Charleston.
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Nathaniel Bacon, a planter from Virginia, raises an army of farmers to revolt against the Governor that doesn't protect them from Indian attacks. His army occupies Jamestown and forces the governor to flee. After winning against the governor’s forces, Bacon burns Jamestown. When Bacon dies suddenly in 1676, the rebellion ends.
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William Penn, a Quaker, establishes Pennsylvania.
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Witchcraft hysteria begins in Salem. Over the next two years, 20 persons are executed after trials find them guilty of being witches.
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James Oglethorpe, a philanthropist, founds Georgia, a colony for English debtors.