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English began a colony (Jamestown) in Chesapeake Bay in 1607. -
The first representative assembly of America met for the first time in Virginia. -
Mayflower Passengers signed the Mayflower Compact which formed the first basis of the Colony's government. -
Massachusetts Bay was founded by the Puritans to escape religious persecution. -
The first English settlers for the new Maryland Colony arrive in North America. -
England passed the Navigation Act that forbids goods to be imported from the colonies to England in non-English ships. -
An armed rebellion held by Virginia settlers. It was led by Nathaniel Bacon against Colonial Governor William Berkeley after Berkeley refused Bacon's request to drive Native American Indians out of Virginia.
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Revolution against Spanish religion, economics, and political institutions imposed upon the Pueblos. -
The series of wars known as the French and Indian War began with King William's War.
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Massachusetts passed a law that ordered all Roman Catholic priests to leave the colony within three months, upon penalty of life imprisonment or execution.