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Navigation Acts first passed
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Jamestown Settlement reach the Chesapeake Bay
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starving Time
winter 1609-1610 -
House of Burgesses begin to meet separately
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Slave Trade begins in North America
first slaves arrive on mainland of North America -
Pilgrims settle Plymouth Bay
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First Thanksgiving
Pilgrims/Squanto/Wampanoag Indians -
Dutch settles New Netherland
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Puritans settle Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Thomas Hooker settles Connecticut Colony
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Roger Williams settles Rhode Island
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Anne Hutchinson
banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony -
Virginia House of Burgesses
begin to meet separately -
Last Navigation Act is passed
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New Netherland becomes New York
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William Penn settles Pennsylvania Colony
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Salem Witch Trials
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The First Great Awakening begins
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James Orglethorpe settles Georgia Colony
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Stono Rebellion