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This year was the year when Jamestown was founded.
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This is my 13 colonies report.
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The Headright system was set up by the London company in 1618 that gave 50 acres of land to colonists who paid their own way to Virginia, or paid the way for someone else.
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New Netherlands which became New York which was settled by the Dutch-refer to Peter Stuyvesant and Peter Minuit. In 1664, King Charles the second granted New Netherlands to his brother James, Duke of York who took a fleet to the area. The Dutch surrendered New Netherlands without a fight and it was renamed New York
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Virginia was made a royal colony
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Maryland was settled-refer to Maryland Colony. King Charles the First gave land to George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, to create a haven for Catholics in America.
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New Hampshire was founded by John Mason and settled John Wheelwright and others
Then later Delaware was settled in 1638 by Peter Minuit and others-refer to Delaware Colony -
Bacon's Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 and 1677 against American Indians and the colonial government in the Virginia Colony and Bacon's Declaration of the People.
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Salem Whitchcraft trials
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The American Revolution ended the Colonial America Time Period