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Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
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The first meeting of the House of Burgesses was held in Jamestown,Virginia,on July 30,1619.
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The Mayflower ship transported 102 people to Plymouth.
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The Pilgrims established their own government,the basis of which was the Mayflower Compact.
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Virginia was made a royal colony.
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Rhode Island was settled by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson.
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Native Indians of Connecticut and Rhode Island were defeated by the colonists.
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Delaware was settled initially by Peter Minuit.
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The Quakers,or Society of Friends,was a Protestant sect founded in England whose members believed that salvation was available to all people.
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Carolina was settled by King Charles II of England.
