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Timeline of the 1600's!
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The colony of Jamestown is established. This was the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
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Henry Hudson started to explore the Hudson river, which is a major river in the city of what was then New Amsterdam
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Smallpox kills about 90% of the Massachusetts Bay Indians.
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This is when the first African slaves were brought by boat to the English settlement of Jamestown.
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This was the first representative assembly in America. They met for the first time in Virginia
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The Plymouth settlement is established by Pilgrims that originated from England. The male passengers signed the Mayflower Compact, which was a basis for government before leaving their ship.
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A war between King Charles and the Parliament that ultimately led to the invasion of Ireland.
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The first Quakers arrived in the New World
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The English seize the settlement of New Amsterdam from the Dutch and rename it New York.
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The colony of Charles Town is founded in what is now present day South Carolina
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These were a series of hearing and prosecutions debating on whether or not women were possessed. Started by a group of young women who people believed were housing the devil in their bodies.
