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Aug 3, 1492
•Columbus "discovers" America
Columbus led his three ships and discovered America -
Jan 1, 1498
Massachusetts Bay Colony created
Explorer John Cabot Sails Along Massachusetts Coast
(it didn't give the month and day) -
Jamestown Colony created
Jamestown is located on Jamestown Island in the Virginia Colony. -
Plymouth Colony created
Plymouth Colony, America's first permanent Puritan settlement -
Albany Congress meets
A council of Iroquois Indians at Onondaga renews the tribe's allegiance to England and promises aid against the French. -
William Penn creates Pennsylvania
When he was made Proprietor of his colony, William Penn became the largest landowner in the world. -
The French & Indian War concludes
The community in Pennsylvania organizes the Collegium Musicum which will eventually become the Philharmonic Society. (it didn't give a day or month) -
George Washington assaults Fort Duquesne
Washington had left 40 of his fellow Virginians dead in the forest near Loyalhanna. -
New Amsterdam becomes New York
New Amsterdam becomes a city, later called New York City
