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The first permanent colony was established at Jamestown in 1607
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The first enslaved africans arrive in jamestown
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In 1630 John Winthrop wrote "we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us."
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The earliest writers chronicled how the europeans and native americans viewed one another and the north american land.
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The first school is established in boston
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The first book issued was the Bay Psalm Book in 1640
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The first book published by a north american woman was The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
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William Penn founds the colony of Pennsylvania
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Im the 1700s there was a burst of intellectual energy taking place in Europe that came to be known as the Enlightenment.
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The Boston Newsletter is established
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The population reached about a half million
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The most important outlet for the spread of political writings was the pamphlet
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Engish colonys stretched all along the alantic coast.
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The colonies declared themselves to be free an independent in 1776 and fought and defeated one of the greatest military powers on earth to turn their declaration into a reality
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The american revolution ends
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The constitution was approved in 1788, the United States of America was born.
