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100 English colonists land in Virginia. Founded the first permanent English settlement of Jamestown.
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First enslaved Africans arive in Jamestown.
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Mayflower pilgrims establish the Mass. Bay Colony at Plymouth.
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Dutch found Cape Town in South Africa.
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Puritans emerge victorious. Ends Native American resistance in New England Colonies.
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Cotton Mather publishes The Wonders of the Invisible World in an attempt to justify the Salem witch trials.
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First American newspaper is created.
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Czar of Russia dies.
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Published by Jonathan Swift.
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Declaration of Independence adopted by Congress.
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United States Constitution approved.
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Classic Chinese novel is published.
