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Jamestown founded under leadership of Captain John Smith
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Jamestown founded under leadership of Captain John Smith
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First permanent French settlement in North America founded in Quebec
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Dutch traders establish a settlement on the Hudson River
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John Rolfe experiments with tobacco cultivation in Virginia
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First Africans arrive in Virginia
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House of Burgesses established in Virginia
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Pilgrims found Plymouth settlement in Massachusetts
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Dutch establish New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island
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Puritans found Massachusetts Bay colony
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Maryland founded
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Roger Williams moves with followers to Rhode Island
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Harvard College established
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Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts Bay colony
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Some 160 individuals tried for witchcraft in Massachusetts and Connecticut
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Parliament passed first of a series of Navigation Acts to regulate colonial commerce
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Monarchy restored in England
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Monarchy restored in England
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House of Burgesses passes acts that allow enslavement of African laborers
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Charles II rewards his most important allies with proprietorships in North America
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Dutch surrender New Amsterdam to the English
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Royal African Company chartered
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Pueblo revolt against Spanish rule in New Mexico
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A peaceful coup that lead to William and Mary of Orange accepting position of King and Queen of England without any bloodshed.
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New colony of Massachusetts established
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College of Williams and Mary established