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The English arrived in North America to start a settlement. They picked Jamestown, Virgina that was named after King James I. The first permanent in North America.
https://www.britannica.com/place/Jamestown-Colony
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During the winter of 1609 and 1610, nearly 440 settlers of Jamestown died from no food, sickness, horrible leaders, and wars between Indians. They did not receive the food supplies from the Virginia Colony. Only 60 colonist lived through the winter.
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/colonial/jamestwn/starving.html
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Henry Hudson travel across the Atlantic and then found a river, which was named the Hudson River after him (and also the Hudson Bay). His discoveries helped with the colonization of the Dutch in these areas.
http://www.history.com/topics/exploration/henry-hudson
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1620 to 1640, mass migration of thousands of English Puritans to Massachusettes to the New World (North America).
http://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-great-puritan-migration/
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A set of rules were made on the Mayflower for their new colony. It entailed the way the colony would be run. This was needed to maintain peace and control.
https://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/homework-help/mayflower-and-mayflower-compact
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Took place in the English Colony of Virginia, the Powhatan lead by Chief Opechancanough, grabbed any tools or weapons available and killed all English settlers including men, women, and children of all ages. Constituted a watershed in history of the Jamestown settlement.
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/phatmass.html
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First colonial settlement in New England. The settlers were a group of about 100 Puritan Separatist Pilgrims, who sailed on the Mayflower. Present day Massachusetts.
https://www.landofthebrave.info/new-england-colonies.htm
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An English Quaker, known for founding the colony of Pennsylvania as a place for religious freedom in America.
https://www.biography.com/people/william-penn-9436869
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The first group of Sephardic settlers arrived in New Amsterdam from Brazil, total of 23 Jews immigrants.
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The Dutch were the first settlers here, but then the English took over and called it New York. New York also is important because it impacted the American Revolution, the immigrants through Ellis Island, and now it is a huge city.
http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-york
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Earliest attacks against Native Americans begins King Philip's War. It all started with the killing of Philip's (chief) tribe members. John Sassamon being killed also awoke all of the conflict between Native Americans and English settlers.
https://www.britannica.com/event/King-Philips-War
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Known as one of the bloodiest battles in the United States History. It was between Native Americans and English Settlers. Phillip was a chief of the Wampanoag tribe that started to have conflicts with the new English settlers.
https://www.britannica.com/event/King-Philips-War
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Nathaniel Bacon leads a rebellion of planters against Governor Berkeley in the Virginia Colony. The rebellion caused the burning of Jamestown.
https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm
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From 1689 to 1697, it was a war between the French and British colonists (With the help of Indians). This war is known as part of the French and Indian Wars, with this one being the first.
https://www.britannica.com/event/King-Williams-War
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Hysteria over witchcraft accusations consumes Salem Village, Massachusetts. A series of investigations and persecutions that caused 19 convicted witches to be hanged.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Salem-witch-trials
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The French claimed the territory that included Mississippi as part of their colony of New French and started settlement along the Gulf Coast. It used to be inhabited by Native American tribes, such as the Choctaw and Chickasaw. Pierre d'Iberville created the first settlement, called Fort Maurepas.
http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/mississippi
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The town of Deerfield was attacked by the French and Native Americans. 47 were killed, and 112 people were taken captive and then marched for 300 miles.
http://1704.deerfield.history.museum
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The Boston Newsletter was published in Boston, MA by John Campbell, the postmaster. Impactful because many other places did not have their own newspaper, so communication of the news was important.
http://www.historicpages.com/nprhist.htm
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North American front in the war of Spanish Succession. The Treaty of Utrecht ended the War of Spanish Succession along with Queen Anne's War, giving Nova Scotia to the British.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/treaties-of-Utrecht
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The first theater in the colonies opened for business by William Levingston in Willamsburg, VA. Paved the road for more theaters and plays.
http://www.history.org/almanack/places/hb/hbplay.cfm
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Benjamin Franklin bought an interest in the Pennsylvania Gazetter, founded in 1728 by Samuel Keimer. With Franklin owning it, the paper was a triumph in the colonies.
http://www.benjamin-franklin-history.org/pennsylvania-gazette/
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Zinger published the New York Weekly Journal, in which he wrote against the actions of William S. Cosby. Put on trial for libel. Freedom of the Press becomes recognized in New York after the trial. Due to Alexander Hamilton's arguments, Zenger was acquitted and was freed from prison.
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Benjamin Franklin invented the lightening rod after proving that lightening was electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm.
https://www.fi.edu/history-resources/franklins-lightning-rod
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This treaty ended the war between France and Britain, plus some Native Americans (French and Indian War / Seven Years War), which forced the French to leave North America. This war changed who had access to the land in North America, which ended up with the British.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/treaty-of-paris
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Started in 1754 and ended in 1763, it was a war between France and Britain in North American soil (with the help of Indians). This war created the impact of a long lasting struggle between the French and the British.
http://www.history.com/topics/french-and-indian-war
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Bringing the introduction of the massive boundary, which was the Proclamation Line between the colonies and Indian Territories
www.ushistory.org/us/9a.asp
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