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The first successful settlement in the Americans was Jamestown in Virginia.
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Puritans from England left Europe, on the Mayflower, and found a new home in the Americas. With the help of the natives in the area they survived.
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"The first Thanksgiving" was an end of harvest celebration that ended up becoming a holiday later on. This was a celebration that included some natives and the puritans.
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The dutch traveled to the Americas and established New Amsterdam. The built a fort that would protect their fur trade in that region.
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After more settlers created other settlements around Plymouth they decides to create the province of the Massachusetts bay
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Harvard was founded shortly after the first settlers landing in Massachusetts. It is the oldest higher learning schools in the country and is one of the most prestigious in the world.
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Some of the Natives in the New England area "started" an armed conflict with the Settlers and some of their native allies over land. They came to an agreement but the colonists did not stop taking over territory.
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In 1964 the english captured new Amsterdam from the Dutch and Renamed it new York.
