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William Bradford was the Governor of Plymouth Colony for 30 years.
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Edward Winslow was a governor of Plymouth Colony.
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First representative colonial assembly in America held at Jamestown, Virginia, under Governor Sir George Yeardley.
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The Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, to Massachusetts, carrying the pilgrims.
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John Carver was the first governor of Plymouth Colony.
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The Dutch found New Amsterdam (now New York)
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16,000 settlers join the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Maryland is founded for Catholic colonists.
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The Pequot War
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New Hampshire is founded
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Rhode Island separates from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Settler population in the 13 North American colonies reaches about `60,000
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First sugar cane plantations are established in the Caribbean islands by the English and French. SLaves are imported from West Africa to work on them.
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War between settlers and Native Americans in New England, Settlers win control of the North American seaboard.
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King Phillip's War
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Robert de la Salle, a French explorer, explores the Great Lakes.
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William Penn founds Philadelphia and the Quaker colony of Pennsylvania. Arrival of the first German immigrants. Penn makes a treaty with the Native Americans, which keeps Pennsylvania at peace.
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German Quakers in North America make the first protests against slavery.
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The Carolinas are divided into North and South.
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The French found Lousiana.