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French Traders Establish Port Royal
Traders established Port Royal in Acadia (Nova Scotia), and launched trading expeditions that stretched down the Atlantic coast as far as Cape Cod. -
King James makes peace with Spain
Peace is made between the English and Spaniards, causing privateering to no longer hold out the promise of cheap wealth. -
Englishmen Board Three Ships and Settle in New Land
Englishmen aboard three ships—the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery—sailed forty miles up the James River in present-day Virginia and settled on just such a place. This settlement becomes Jamestown. -
Jamestown, Virginia is Established
Jamestown, Virginia is established as the first permanent English colony. -
Dutch Commision English Explorer, Henry Hudson
Dutch commissioned the Englishman Henry Hudson to discover the fabled Northwest Passage through North America. -
Santa Fe is Established
The first permanent European settlement in the Southwest, was established -
The Virginia Company established the House of Burgesses
A limited representative body composed of white landowners that first met in Jamestown. -
Southern Slavery is Born
A Dutch slave ship sold twenty Africans to the Virginia colonists. Southern slavery was born. -
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Pequot War
The Pequot War begins in 1636 between Pequot tribe and colonists. -
New Amsterdam's First African Marriage Occurs
New Amsterdam's first African marriage occurs. By 1650, there were at least 500 enslaved Africans -
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Governor Kieft's War
Dutch colonists in New Netherland (New York and New Jersey) enslaved Algonquians Governor Kieft’s War -
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The Esopus Wars
Dutch colonists in New Netherland (New York and New Jersey) enslaved Algonquians during the two Esopus Wars
