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Jamestown Founded
John Smith founded the first permanent English settlement in the new world. -
House of Burgesses
First Legislative assembly in the American colonies. -
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Winthrop's Eleven Ships Set Sail for Salem
John Winthrop's account is one of the most complete of the journey at the time from England to North America -
Harvard College Founded
The college is founded in Cambridge Massachusetts -
Bay Psalm Book
The first printed book in North America -
The Navigation Act of 1660
British Parliament passed the act in an attempt to control colonial shipping commerce -
English take New Amsterdam
English soldiers take New Amsterdam from the Dutch -
Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon leads planters rebellion against Gov. Berkeley. Bacon perished in the event.