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Jamestown, VA was the first colony founded of the thirteen colonies.
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The Pilgrim fathers established the second colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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The Great Migration happened when thousands of English people migrated to the Americas.
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New Hampshire was founded by John Mason and settled by John Wheelwright and others
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in 1662, King Charles II settled Connecticut as a single colony.
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The Plantation Duty Act was a part of the navigation acts that required money collected in colonial ports to be equal to English customs durties.
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The French and Indian Wars between France and Great Britain for lands in North America began in 1688 and would last until 1763.
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The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft, and 20 were executed.
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James Oglethorpe receives a charter to create a colony between South Carolina and Florida, and thus, Georgia was settled. Georgia became a royal colony in 1752.
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The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), was the successful military rebellion against Great Britain of Thirteen American Colonies which joined together as the United States of America in July 1776.
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