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English found Jamestown, Virginia
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French found Quebec
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Spanish found Santa Fe
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Henry Hudson Expedition
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Galileo displays the telescope
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Tobacco Crop Established
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New Netherlands
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Dutch brings slaves to America
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Establishment of house of burgesses
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Puritans settle in Massachusetts
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Plymouth Colony
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Harvard was founded
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The first colonial printing press is set up in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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The start of the Englilsh Civil War
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In Massachusetts, the general court approves a law that makes religious heresy punishable by death.
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Rhode Island declared slavery illegal
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Navigation Act of 1663
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The British Navigation Act of 1673
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The Treaty of Westminster ends hostilities between the English and Dutc
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Pennsylvania is founded
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Protestants in France lose their guarantee of religious freedom
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Quakers in Pennsylvania issue a formal protest against slavery in America.
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The English Parliament passes the Wool Act
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Massachusetts passes a law ordering all Roman Catholic priests to leave the colony within three months, upon penalty of life imprisonment or execution. New York then passes a similar law.
