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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus "discovers" America
Columbus reached the Caribbean and called the island they found San Salvador. This is important becsuse Columbus brought the attention of Europe to North and South America and people from Europe started to migrate to the Americas -
Jamestown Colony created
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement after many failed establishments -
plymouth colony created
100 European settlers sailed into cape cod on the mayflower -
New Amsterdam becomes New York
the dutch signed new ansterdam over to english men -
Massachusetts colony created
the name massachusetts comes from an Algonquian tribe -
William Penn creates Pennsylvania
William penn got the land from james duke of york -
George Washington assaults Fort Duquesne
Washintons men werent even ready to attack when he wanted to. -
Albany Congress meets
the meeting was to solve the problem with the english trade -
The French & Indian War concludes
the french and indian war was known as the seven years war
