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Traders established Port Royal in Nova Scotia.
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The Virginia Company was established.
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Jamestown was established in Virginia.
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Hans Lippershey invented the first refracting telescope.
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First permanent European settlement in the Southwest.
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The House of Burgess was established.
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Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts was established.
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Dutch West India Company established colonies in Africa, The Caribbean and North America.
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Roger Williams created the settlement Providence in Rhode Island.
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The English seized New Amsterdam colony from the Dutch and renamed it New York.
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Charleston South Carolina was founded.
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Paranoia about the supernatural lead to 20 being executed in New England.
