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England defeated the Spanish armada and became the greatest power on the ocean.
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The first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America, founded on May 14, 1607.
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After his arrival in Jamestown in 1619, Governor George Yeardley immediately gave notice that the Virginia colony would establish a legislative assembly. This assembly, the House of Burgesses, first met on July 30, 1619.
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The Dutch bring Africans to Jamestown to help with productions.
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King James makes a Royal Colony
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Granted to own land in America