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1507
America was discovered
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Period: 1507 to
Regin of Henry VIII
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1588
Spanish influence in the New World declines and English imperial interests widens. -
Period: to
Regin of James I
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1620
The Mayflower ship lands at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with 101 colonists.
On November 11, the Mayflower Compact is signed, establishing a form of local government at Plymouth.
The first public library in the colonies is organized in Virginia with books donated by English landowners.