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Mestizos
Mestizos: make up a large part of Colonial population -
Period: to
17th Century
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Port Royal Established
Traders establish Port Royal in Acadia (Nova Scotia) and launch trading expeditions that stretched down the Atlantic coast as far as Cape Cod -
Jamestown Founded
Jamestown: founded by the London Company, the first permanent English settlement -
Santa Fe founded
Santa Fe: first permanent European settlement in the Southwest -
House of Burgess
The House meets for the first time in Virginia -
Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Colony: established by Pilgrims from England -
Interracial Marriage
New Amsterdam's first African marriage -
Seizing of New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam: seized by the English from the Dutch and is renamed "New York" -
Protestantism Criminalized
France criminalizes Protestantism