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The first lasting English colony in North America. They hoped to find riches (gold).
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First fur trading post in North America.
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The first legislature in Virginia.
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Pilgrims signed the compact when they landed in Plymouth. The "Socia Contract" agreed to obey the laws between the colonist.
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The first post office in colonial America was located in a bar in Boston.
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First constitution written in America.
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Massachusetts becomes the first state that allowed slavery in the North American colonies.
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The war was between Indian inhabitants of New England against New England colonists along with their Indian allies.
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Created by the Parliament in England, which was the basis for the American Bill of Rights.
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The first American newspaper was published, "Publick Occurrences: Both Foreign and Domestick"
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