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Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in America -
The House of Burgesses
The first representative assembly in America meets for the first time in Virginia -
Mayflower Compact
The Plymouth Colony established in Massachusetts by Pilgrims from England -
Pennsylvania
William Penn formed the colony of Pennsylvania -
Navigation Acts
English goods had to be shipped by Englishmen's ships, all foreign goods for the colonies had to be shipped by Britain so they could be taxed -
New York
English gains New Amsterdam and rename it New York
