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1492
• Christopher Columbus seeks a western sea route to Asia, funded by Spain. -
christopher columbus discovers america
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1507
• The New World is first termed "America" by a German mapmaker who falsely credits Amerigo Vespucci with its discovery. -
pounce de leon lands in florida
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de soto explores florida
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verrazano sails to the new world
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jaques cartier sails to the new world
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fransisco coronado explores new mexico
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st.augistin is found
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1607 The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia
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samuel de champlain sail,quebec is found
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1619
• The first session of the first colonial legislative assembly, the Virginia House of Burgesses, convenes in Jamestown. -
The first meeting of the House of Burgesses was held in Jamestown, Virginia, on July 30, 1619.
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1619 The first meeting of the House of Burgesses was held in Jamestown, Virginia, on July 30, 1619
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1621
• One of the first peace treaties between colonists and Native Americans, specifically the Plymouth pilgrims and the Wampanoag Tribe, is signed with the aid of Squanto -
1624 Virginia was made a royal colony
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In the spring of 1630, John Winthrop led a fleet of 11 vessels and 700 passengers to the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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1662 King Charles II officially united Connecticut as a single colony
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Sugar Act - Law passed by the British Parliament setting a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies.
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father marquet and louis joliet sailed up the mississipi river to alaska
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robert la salle sailed to the mouth of the mississipi river