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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus "discovers" America
He was not trying to find America, he was looking for a trade route for Spain. -
Jamestown Colony was created
It was the first successful English settlement. -
Massechusetts Bay Colony created
This was the Puritans chance to create a new society in America/ a society based on the Bible. -
New Amsterdam becomes New York
It was a dutch settlement taken over by the English. King Charles II gave the colony to his brother, the Duke of York, who renamed it New York. -
Albany Congress meets
It was a plan to unify the colonies so they could defend themselves against the French. It did not gain support of the colonies. -
George Washington assaults Fort Duquesne
Brittish Troops were ambushed by French and Native Americans. General Braddock was killed and Washington led survivors back to Virginia. The English later forced the French to abandon the fort and renamed it Fort Pitt. -
the French and Indian War concludes
The tree of Paris of 1763 ended the war and marked the end of France as a power in North America.
