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Oct 12, 1492
•Columbus "discovers" America
on this day, Columbus landed at San Salvador in the Caribbean. His "discovery" led Europeans to start colonizing in South America. -
•Jamestown Colony created
This was the first english settlement, Jamestown is in what is now known as Virginia -
•Plymouth Colony created
Thecolony was mostly occupied by pilgrims. It is in the present-day state of Massachusetts. -
•Massachusetts Bay Colony created
This colony was centered around the present day cities of Boston and Salem, which are in present-day Massachusetts. -
•New Amsterdam becomes New York
It was named New York because the Duke of York is the one who captured it. -
•William Penn creates Pennsylvania
He Created Pennsylvania from a debt of 16000 pounds owed to his father that he got when his father passed. -
•Albany Congress meets
was an attempt to resolve two pressing problems in the Ohio Valley of the American Colonies. -
•George Washington assaults Fort Duquesne
After he attacked, the Frech who escaped ordered the building of Fort Necessity, in order to gain back the fort. -
•The French & Indian War concludes
The War officially came to an end on February 10, 1763, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
