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Founding of Jamestown
England established the first British settlement in North America -
First tobacco crop
John Rolfe planted the first tobacco crop in Jamestown. -
Slavery began in America
The dutch sold the first 20 Africans in Virginia. -
House of Burgess
The House of Burgess was the first representative body of white landholders in Jamestown. -
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Puritan's Great Migration
20,000 Puritans left England to settle in America -
Virginia Law
The first law passed stated that children of slave mothers inherited her slave status, regardless of the father was free or not. -
New Amsterdam becomes New York
The English seize New Amsterdam from the Dutch and re-name it New York. -
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King Phillip's War
Indian uprising against the New England colonists.
