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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus "discovers" America
Columbus landed at the island of San Salvador in the Caribbean on this day. He later told Europeans about this territory,and they began to colonize in North and South America -
Jamestown Colony created
The first English settlement of the main lands. Found by King James l. -
Plymouth Colony created
Found by a group of separatists and anglicans who end up becoming Piligram Fathers. -
New Amsterdam becomes New York
The Dutch Republic had been the ones to find the area not the English. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony created
Founded by English Puritans. John Winthrop ended up becoming the governor. -
William Penn creates Pennsylvania
William Penn wanted to create a colony where religion was a freedom. -
George Washington assaults Fort Duquesne
He was sent to deliver a message and then later on he had a mission to defend the younge enterprise, but then they realize that the French are already a step ahead of them. -
Albany Congress meets
Benjamin Franklin wrote the "Plan of Union." -
The French Indiam war concludes