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In 1607, members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River, called Jamestown.
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The Mayflower was blown off course by storms and did not land in at the Virginia colony. Instead it reached the shores of what is today known as Cape Cod, Massachusetts. On December 21, 1620, the Pilgrims began a new colony in what is today known as the Town of Plymouth.
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Slaves Arrive at Jamestown.
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Massachusetts was the first colony in New England with slave ownership.
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William Penn made his colony have tolerance.
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North carolina allows slaves in 1715.
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Georgia was the last of the 13 colonies.
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Georgia makes slavery illegal in all 13 British colonies.
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Slaves were brought in to all British colonies.
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Colonists dressed up as Indians and threw tea into the Boston Harbor.
