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The first pernimate English settlement of Jamestown was founded.
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Henry Hudson explores the soon to be called Hudson River and Delaware Bay for the Dutch.
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The first representative assembly in America meets for the first time in Virginia.
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The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts is established by Pilgrims from England. Before disembarking from the ship they signed the Mayflower Compact.
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Also known as the Indian massacre, this took place in the English Colony in Virginia. The Powhatan people grabbed any tools or weapons available and killed the English setters they found, including men, women, and children.
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Thousands of Pilgrims moved from England to the new world.
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The Pequot War was fought between the Pequot people and a coalition of English settlers. The war eliminated the Pequot as an impediment to English colonization of southern New England.
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The Peach Tree War, also known as the Peach War, was a largescale attack by the Susquehannock Indians and allied tribes on several New Netherland settlements along the North River.
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The first Quakers arrive in New England
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Charles Town, or Charleston, was founded in present-day South Carolina.
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Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion by Virginia settlers. It was led by Nathaniel Bacon against Governor William Berkeley.
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The Salam Witch Trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in the Massachusetts Colony.