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Sep 6, 1492
Christopher Columbus
He was a explora and adventured to american in 1492 and then brought people back to begin a colony. -
Thomas Harriot (A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia)
"A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia" by Thomas Harriot. The book faithfully captured the area's natural resources, the ways life the Native Americans, and the potential for building a successful colony. -
Jamestown
The first permanent colony was establised in 1607. -
Shakespeare Dies
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John Winthrop (Be as a city)
He wrote in 1630 that "we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a hill. -
William Wood
William Wood of Massachusetts Bay Colony noted that the Native Americans "took the first ship they saw for a walking island, the mast to be a tree, the sail white clouds." -
Salem witch trails
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First American Newspaper
Boston Newsletter was the first american newspaper -
Peter the Great, czar of Russia dies
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Riligious Rival Begins
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French and Indian War
Britain, protected its territory. It sent soldiers to fight when france allied with a number of Native American groups to drive the British out of North America.(1759-1763) -
Boston Tea Party
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Independent
The colies declared themselves to be "free and independent" in 1776 and fought and defeated one of the gratest military powers on earth to turn their declaration into a reality. -
U.S. Constitution is Approved
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Mayflower
