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Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, is established by the London Company in southeast Virginia.
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The House of Burgesses, the first representative assembly in America, meets for the first time in Virginia. The first African slaves are brought to Jamestown.
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The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts is established by Pilgrims from England.
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English seize New Amsterdam (city and colony) from the Dutch and rename it, New York.
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