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The 1st English colony is founded in Jamestown, Virginia
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Virginia's House of Burgesses is formed and becomes the first legislative assembly in English North American history,
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The Mayflower Compact is signed n Provincetown Harbor, Massechussets
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The Pilgrim Separatists arrive at Plymouth, Massechussets
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Native american attacks kill 1/3 of the English settlers in Virginia.
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The Dutch create the colony of New Netherland
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Roger Williams founds the colony of Rhode Island, which was the first English colony that granted total religious tolerance
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The first Swedish colonists arrive in Delaware