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Jamestown was founded
Jamestown was the first English settlement in the new world -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower compact is signed by all the ship's passengers and creates a blueprint for the new colony's government. -
The First Thanksgiving
A Thanksgiving feast is held to celebrate the relationship between the pilgrims and the Wampanoag who helped the settle there -
Slavery is legalized in Connecticut
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The Navigation Act
Britain attempts to control colonial trade in America -
Salem Witch Hunts
The Salem Witch hunts began due to preaching and paranoid colonists
