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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus "discovers" America
Actually Columbus wasn't the first European to set foot on the new land. Indians were the first people here. -
Jamestown Colony is created
Jamestown was the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America. It was named after King James I. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony is created
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century in New England. (do not know the day or month) -
New Amsterdam becomes New York
Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam. Following its capture, it was renamed New York. -
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Albany Congress meets
Holding daily meetings at the City Hall, official delegates from seven colonies considered strategies for Indian diplomacy and put forth the so-called Albany Plan of Union. -
George Washington assaults Fort Duquesne
This was a British assault on the eponymous French fort that was repulsed with heavy losses. -
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The French and Indian War ends
The British offered France a choice of either its North American possessions east of the Mississippi or the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique.
