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The Italian explorer John Cabot explores the coast for the English.
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The Italian explorer Giovanni Da Verrazano explored the Carolina coast for France.
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Captain John Smith maps the coast from Virginia up the Susquehanna river.
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Henry Hudson English,navigator employed by the Dutch explores the area.
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Captain Samuel Argall, an english sea captain, names the bay after Lord De La Warr, the governor of Virginia.
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Swedish settlement led by Peter Minuet started the New Sweden colony.
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Peter Stuyvesant became Dutch governor of the New NetherLands.
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The Dutch defeat the Swedes on the Delaware, and Stuyvesant took possession of the New Sweden Colony.
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The Dutch lose New Amsterdam to the british which is re-named as New York after the Duke of York.
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King charles ll of England owed the Quaker, William Penn, 16,000 and when Penn asked the king to grant him land it was granted. The king signed the Charter of Pennsylvania on March 4, 1681 . King Charles ll of England specified in the character given to William Penn that the name should be Pennsylvania. This is a combination of the latin word "Sylvania" meaning woodland together with Penn.
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Landing of William Penn at New Castle, Delaware.
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The Seven years war(French and Indian War) due to disputes over land is won by Great Britain. France Gives England all French territory east of the Mississippi River, Except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and west Florida to the English in return from Cuba.
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Legal battles were settled by a survey, which resulted in the Mason-Dixon line, surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon.
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United states Declaration of Independence.
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France declares war against Britain and makes an alliance with the American Revolutionary Forces.
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The date that Pennsylvania was admitted to the union. Pennsylvania was the 2nd state to be admitted to the union.
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The American Civil War out break of the Civil war, Abraham Lincoln a known opponent of slavery, was elected president.
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The surrender of Robert E. Lee on April 9, 1865 signalled the end of the confenderacy.
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The Abolishment of slavery. The Thirteen Amendment to the u.s constitution is ratified, thus officially abolishing slavery.
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The spanish American War, on December 10, 1898 the treaty of Paris the US annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.
