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The first permanent colony was establised at Jamestown.
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The Mayflower pilgrims established the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Plymouth.
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John Smith publishes the General History of Virginia. He created an enduring record of life in the early colonies.
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North America's first public school is founded in Boston.
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The first book issued in the North American colonies was the Bay Psalm Book in 1640.
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Anne Bradstreet's book of poetry, The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, was the first work by a North American to be published.
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Dutch found Cape Town on the southern tip of South Africa.
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The Puritans' victory in King Philip's War ends Native American resistance in New England colonies.
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William Penn founds the colony of Pennsylvania.
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Women are accused of being witches. 20 women died.
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The college of William and Mary was founded in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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The Boston Newsletter was established, which was the first American Newspaper.
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The Great Awakening united colonists who were in other ways diverse. It was a religious revival.
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France allied with a number of Native American groups to drive the British out of North America.
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The Boston Tea Party marks a violent rejection of Britain's taxation policies. The Revolutionary War begins two years later.
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Second Continental Congress adopts the Decleration of Independence.
