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The English founded Jamestown, Virginia -
The French people founded Quebec
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Henry Hudson sails into the New York harbor and up the river that's named after him -
Their marriage brought eight years of peace between the Indians and Colonist -
The Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts and founded Plymouth. -
After hardships and much death, the Pilgrims celebrated with the Indians their first successful harvest -
John Winthrop lead a Puritan migration of 900 people to Massachusetts Bay, where he became the first governor. -
The first colonial printing press was set up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. -
Roger Williams received a grant to establish the Rhode Island colony -
These Acts banned the use of anything but English ships to trade with the colonies.
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Rhode Island passed the first law in the colonies prohibiting slavery
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The Susquehannock Indians attacked the Swedish and Dutch settlers, winning a decisive victory in New Amsterdam.
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John Elliot was a Puritan missionary, who published the first Indian Bible in North America -
Peter Stuyvesant surrendered New Netherlands (current day New York), to the British -
Cavelier de La Salle finds a river flowing West across North America -
Marquette and Jolliet explored along the Mississippi all the way to the Arkansas river -
The Metacom Indians attacked European settlements -
Edmond Halley observed this comet and accurately predicted its return -
William Penn established Pennsylvania Colony and signs treaty with the Delaware Indians, paying for the lands -
The second Indian War, this last nine years
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The first newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts called "The Publick Occurrences" -
Salem Witch Trials resulted in the arrest of 150 people and death of 19