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Oct 10, 1492
Columbus "discovers" America
October 12, 1492. clumbus finds america -
Jamestown Colony created
king james and virgina company sald to the new land and clamed a pice of land witch he called james town -
Plymouth Colony created
The Mayflower anchors in Provincetown Harbor, the passengers having decided to settle in New England. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony created
In 1628, the foundation was laid for another colony in New England, by the name of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay. -
William Penn creates Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania was inhabited by many Indian tribes, including the Erie, Honniasont, Huron, Iroquois -
Albany Congress meets
fter the plan was unveiled, the Crown did not push it since British officials realized that, if adopted, the plan could create a very powerful entity that His Majesty's Government might not be able to control -
George Washington assaults Fort Duquesne
In the early part of the eighteenth century, the trans-Appalachian region of North America remained much as it had been for the preceding centuries -
The French & Indian War concludes
The Morovian community in Pennsylvania organizes the Collegium Musicum which will eventually become the Philharmonic Society