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In December 1606, 3 ships left England for Virginia to begin what we call today the Jamestown Settlement.
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On this date, the Jamestown Settlement is founded in honor of King James I, ruler of England at the time.
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Pocahontas saves John Smith's life.
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Spring of 1610 supplies, colonists, and soldiers finally arrive in Jamestown.
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Dutch traders are trading with Native Americans on Manhattan Island. Dutch of New Nertherland was coming to life in the Hudson.
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The Pilgrims left England bound from the New World.
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The Pilgrims arrive in the New World.
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In this year Ft. Christina, in present day Delaware, was built by the Swedes.
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The English captured New Amsterdam from the Dutch and changed the name to New York.
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By this date the English controlled the east coast from present day Maine to Florida.
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The population in the english colonies had grown to over one hundred thousand.