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Jamestown colony created
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement. Jamestown was the capitol of the colony for 83 years. -
Massachusetts Bay colony created
The company was founded by English Puritans that were educated and wealthy. John Winthrop became the first governor of this colony. -
New Amsterdam becomes New York
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Columbus "discovers" America
Columbus took the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria out of the port of Palos. His objective was were pearls, gold and spice awaited and then he found America. -
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Albany Congress meet
Benjamin Franklin and governor Thomas Hutchinson made a plan that they would create new layers of government including a president- general and making war and governing frontier areas unitl new colonies were created. -
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Albany congress meets.
Benjamin Franklin and governor Thomas Hutchinson made a plan that they would create new layers of government including a president- general and making war and governing frontier areas unitl new colonies were created. -
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Albany congress meets
The plan that Ben Franklin and Thomas Hutchinson agreed upon was that they were going to create new layers of government, including a president-genereal that would make war and governing frontier areas until new colonies were created. -
George Washington assaults Fort Duquesne
The attack on Fort Duquesnen was a big British expedition with 6,000 troops led by General John Forbes. -
French and Indian War ends
The French and Indian War was the first global conflict. The British won the French and Indian war. This would be the last war that the french would be called french. After the war a treaty was signed on February 10, 1763.
