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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus "discovers" America
Columbus set sail on this day and arrived in North America a couple of months later thinking he discovered this new land. -
Jamestown Colony created
Jamestown was named after King James I of England. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony created
Eleven ships sailed to there from the Massachusetts Bay Company and created this colony. -
New Amsterdam becomes New York
New Netherlands was created by the Dutch Company and later grew taking over New Amsterdam and Long Island....New Amsterdam is now New York. -
Albany Congress meets.
They met here to resolve two problems of Ohio Valley of the American Colonies. -
George Washington assaults Fort Duquesne
The attack on Fort Duqesne was to drive the French out of the Ohio Valley so they could get to Canada. -
The French & Indian War concludes
They signed the Treaty of Paris on this day to end the war.
