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The Naval Battle of Bantam
The Dutch Forces had 5 vessels and the Portuguese had a larger fleet and the Dutch defeated them -
William Shakespeare dies
He fell ill and died after a long night of drinking with fellow writers -
African slaves transported
The sugar industry is killing the African slaves in the west indies so they are transporting slaves there -
Boston was founded
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Roger Williams arrives in present day Rhode Island
He arrives here with twelve others to establish a settlement -
Pequot Indians killed 600 members of the Massachusetts Bay colony
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People in Moscow rebelling
A tax is put on salt and they were angry at this so they revolted -
King of England gave a monopoly to the Hudson Bay Company
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Pueblo Revolt
Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Indians -
Grand Alliance
England, The Dutch Republic, and the Holy Roman Empire were all against the French