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Jamestown Colony is established
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Only 60 out of 500 settlers in Jamestown survive the winter of 1609. "Starving time"
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Jamestown settler John Rolfe marries Pocahontas, the daughter of the Powhatan Indian chief.
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The first African slaves arrive in Jamestown. The first representative government, the Virginia House of Burgesses, meets at Jamestown.
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Plymouth Colony is founded by the Pilgrims
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The city of Philadelphia is founded
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Spain begins to colonize the land of Texas
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The Salem witch trails begins in Massachusetts. Twenty people are executed for witchcraft.
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The capital of Virginia moves from Jamestown to Williamsburg
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Delaware separates from Pennsylvania becoming a new colony.