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Period: 1420 to 1550
Age of Discovery
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1492
Christopher Columbus' first voyage
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1579
Francis Drake claims New Albion for England
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Roanoke Colony founded
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Jamestown Settlement founded
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Plymouth Colony founded
By Pilgrims (Puritans) -
Virginia becomes a crown colony
After Virginia Company collapses -
Puritans found Boston
As well as 10 other settlements in the Massachusetts Bay Company -
Crown formally recognizes Virginia Assembly
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Virginia acknowledges authority of Parliament of England
Following English Civil War -
1st of the Navigation Acts
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Outbreak of King Philip's War
Colonists vs. Native Americans -
Bacon's Rebellion quashed
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1st New York assembly
Charter of Liberties issued -
Articles of misdemeanor drawn up against Rhode Island and Conneticut
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New England protests against arbitrary taxes
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Beginning of King William's War
New France vs. New England -
Board of Trade established
Control relations with colonies -
Outbreak of Seven Years' War
Called French and Indian War in colonies