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The Virginia Company sent 144 settlers in three ships to build a new colony in North America.
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The ships that the Virginia Company sent arrive in Chesapeake Bay.
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The first House of Burgesses meeting was held.
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Massachusetts Pilgrims drew up the Mayflower Compact.
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John Winthrop led settlers to Massachusetts Bay.
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Roger Williams was forced out of Massachusetts.
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Thomas Hooker founded the town of Hartford in Connecticut.
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Connecticut colonists drafted the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
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The Act of Toleration was established.
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King Charles II created a propietary colony south of Virginia called Carolina, which is Latin for "Charles's Land".
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Peter Styvesant surrenderd Dutch colony to England.
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The British take Port Royal, and then the French retake it the next year.
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Port Royal and Acadia fall into the hands of the British.
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This was the beginning of King George's War, which lasted from 1744-1749.
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The British take a French fortress at Louisbourg.
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This is the war that lasted from 1754-1763. This war consisted of the French and Indians against the British.
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To prevent anymore fighting, Britian called a halt to westward expansion. They came up with The Proclamation of 1763.
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