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Landed at Cape Henry in Virginia on April 26, 1607. Established Jamestown.
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The American Indian princess Pocahontas is taken hostage by Jamestown colonists in the first Anglo-Powhatan war
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The House of Burgesses, the first representative assembly in America, meets for the first time in Virginia. The first African slaves are brought to Jamestown.
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The Pilgrims (or Pilgrim Fathers), a group of 102 English settlers, sail in the Mayflower to the new world
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The Mayflower settlers in Plymouth offer thanksgiving for their first harvest, eating turkeys in a celebration shared by local Indians
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A sudden attack by Powhatan Indians, led by their chieftain Opechancanough against the English colony at Jamestown, results in the death of more than 300 settlers
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1630 - Puritans found the city of Boston.
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Rhode Island is founded by Roger Williams as a colony based on the principle of religious tolerance
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The Quakers arrive in New England.
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The first navigation act states that certain goods from the colonies can only be exported to England or to other colonies, not to foreign countries.
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English seize New Amsterdam (city and colony) from the Dutch and rename it New York.
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King Philip's War begins between the colonists in New England and a group of Native American tribes including the Wampanoag people.
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The city of Philadelphia is founded.
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The Salem witch trials begin in Massachusetts. Twenty people are executed for witchcraft.
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King William's War ends with the Treaty of Ryswick.
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The capital of Virginia moves from Jamestown to Williamsburg.