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Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement, is founded in what is now known as Vriginia by the Virginia Company.
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John Smith published this book, which was originally titled "The Generall Historie of Virginia."
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In this book, William Bradford talks about his journey across the Atlantic Ocean and how the pilgrims settled.
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Bay Psalm Book is the first book printed in America.
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Anne Bradstreet's poems, collected as The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, are published in London.
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The colony of Pennsylvania is founded by William Penn. It was the only colony that allowed religious freedom.
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Cotton Mather publishes The Wonders of the Invisible World in defense of the Salem witch trials.
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The first American newspaper, The Boston Newsletter, is established in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Benjamin Franklin uses humor to criticize the Puritan establishment in his first published work, The Dogood Papers.
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The religous revival known as the Great Awakening begins in colonial America.
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The colonists threw British tea into the Boston Harbor in protest of Britian putting a tax on the tea.
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Abigail Adams writes the first entry in what is published as Familiar Letters of John Adams, and His Wife, Abigail.
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The Second Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson. It announced that the 13 colonies wanted to become independent from Britian.
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The United States constitution is approved.
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Olaudah Equiano's Interesting Narrative of... Olaudah Equiano describes the harsh treatment of captured Africans.
