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East India Company was established.
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Colony
The first permanent English settlement is founded in Jamestown, Virginia. -
Discovery
Galileo discovers Callisto, which is the 4th moon of Jupiter -
Condemning
Inquisition condemns Galileo for supporting Copernicus's theory. -
A Tragic End
Shakespeare dies. -
Slaves
The first enslaved African-Americans arrive in Jamestown. -
Piilgrims
The pilgrims from the Mayflower start a colony at Plymouth. -
John Smith publishes "The General History of Virginia"
This was a publication about the colonies and his encounters with Native Americans. -
Taj Mahal
Shah Jahan starts construction of Taj Mahal for his dead wife. -
School
North Americas first public school was founded in Boston. -
Bay Psalm Book
This book was printed in Cambridge, Massachusets. There are 11 surviving copies. -
"The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America"
Ann Bradstreet's poems are collected into a book and published in London. She was the first woman in the North American colonies to get published. -
Cape Town
The Dutch found Cape Town on the southern tip of South Africa -
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The Great Fire of London
A fire started in a bakery ran rampant in London for 3 days, killing 6 people. -
Puritans
Puritans win in King Philips war and stop Native American resistance in colonies. -
"The Sovereignty and Goodness of God"
Mary Rowlandson publishes an account of her capture by Algonquin Indians. -
Pennsylvania.
William Penn founds the colony of Pennsylvania. -
Opposition
Quakers pose opposition to slavery. -
Salem Witch Trials
Salem witch trials cause mass hysteria and many innocent women are killed. -
"The Wonders of the Invisible World"
A publication by Cotton Mathers defending the Salem witch trials. -
A poetic death
Matsuo Bansho who revitalized the haiku form, dies. -
"The Boston Newsletter"
The first American newspaper is established. -
New Orleans is founded by the French.
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Criticism
Benjamin Franklin criticizes Puritans with his first published work, "The Dogood Papers" -
"Gulliver's Travels"
Jonathan Swift publishes "Gulliver's Travels". -
Catherine
"Catherine The Great" Becomes the empress of Russia -
England declares war on Spain
This war was called War on Jenkin's ear and King George's War -
The Boston Tea Party
A rebellion to England's taxation. One of the triggers of the Revolutionary war. -
Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams
A publication by Abigail Adams -
Independence
Second Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence. -
Constitutional
The U.S Constitution is approved. -
The Bastille
The Bastille, a French Prison, was stormed and this even incited the French Revolution. -
The U. S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.
