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Jamestown founded
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Tobacco First Planted
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Slavery in America
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Mayflower Compact
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Mayflower Landed
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First Thanksgiving
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Jamestown Massacre
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Massachusetts Bay Colony Founded
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Roger Williams Banished
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French and Iroquois War
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Maryland Toleration Act
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First Quakers arrive in New England
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King Philips War Started
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Bacon's Rebellion
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William Penn receives a royal charter from Charles II to establish Pennsylvania
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Salem Witch Trials
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Capital of Virginia Moved to Williamsburg
The capital of Virginia moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg.