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A commercial venture in France results in a French monopoly of the fur trade in North America -
The English make a settlement and name it Jamestown after King James I -
The first enslaved Africans are brough to Jamestown -
100 pilgrims arrive on the Mayflower in November off Cape Cod -
Pilgrims celebrate the 1st Thanksgiving -
Barbados, in the Lesser Antilles, claimed by England in 1005 and settled 1627 becomes a major producer of sugar. -
Over 1000 Puritans, led by Governor John, Winthrop, founded the Massachusetts Bay colony. -
Connecticut is settled by Puritans -
Virginians establish Carolina, later it is broken up into North and South. -
English settlers, under the leader ship of William Sayle arrive in Carolina and found Charleston.