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Jamestown founded
The Virginia Company of London established Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America in Virginia. -
First African Slaves
The first African slaves are brought to Jamestown. -
The House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses meets for the first time in Virginia. -
Mayflower Compact
Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the Mayflower -
Pequot War
The Pequot War was an armed conflict in New England between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of the colonists of the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies and their allies from the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes. -
Kieft's war
Armed conflict between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of the colonists of the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies and their allies from the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes. -
Charles Town founded
The first settlement and the seat of government for the nascent colony of South Carolina. -
King Philip's War
Conflict between the colony of New Netherland and the Wappinger and Lenape Indians. Jun 20, 1675 – Apr 12, 1678 -
Pueblo Revolt
An uprising of most of the indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe.
