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Columbus makes his first voyage and discovers America. Although never actually setting foot into the country.
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The first representative government, the Virginia House of Burgesses, meets at Jamestown.
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Roger Williams begins the colony of Providence Plantation after being expelled from Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts, Plymouth, Connecticut, New Haven colonies from the New England confederation
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England passes the first of the Navigation acts.
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The English government passes several laws to control colonial trade and ensure the colonies remained profitable.
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Colonists began smuggling because they thought England was taxing them unfairly.
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The Navigation acts had mixed results for both England and its colonies.
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The glorious revolution had shifted considerable power to Parliament.
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England captures the New Netherlands and names it the Province of New York. The city of New Amsterdam is renamed New York.
