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Jamestown is established as a colony
In three ships, 103 settlers had setup the first successful British colony in North America that was estblished by the London Company in Southeast Virginia. -
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Smallpox Devastates the Native Population
When the Europeans had come from Europe into North America, they had brought smallpox with them and the disease had devastated the native population since it killed 90% of the population. -
Mayflower lands and creates the Plymouth colony
The Mayflower had landed on the coast of Massachusetts and called the colony Plymouth and that the males passengers signed the Mayflower Compact that established the colonies government. -
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The First Thanksgiving
The First Thanksgiving happened because the members of the Wampanoag tribe helped the Pilgrims survive the winter by helping them plant crops and giving them food for the winter. -
Pequot War
The Peqout War was a war between the Pequot tribe and the tribe's alliances against the Massachusetts, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies because of land issues. -
The end of the Pequot War
War ended on September 21, 1638 with the Treaty of Hartford that had led to only two hundred Pequot tribe members remained after the war. -
English Seize New Amsterdam from the Dutch
The English three-hundred soldiers had peacefully seized New Amsterdam from the Dutch and had renamed the colony to New York. -
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Salem Witch Hunt
The Salem Witch Hunt had began because people that were preaching that were not apart of the church, that had led to the arrest of one hundred and fifty people and the death of nineteen people during this time. -
Intercolonial Cooperation Plan
William Penn was the leader of the Pennsylvania colony had created a plan for intercolonial cooperation, first colonial idea for combining colonies into one nation, that would influence the drafting of the Constitution. -
Jamestown is abandoned
Jamestown was abandoned because the statehouse was burnt down in 1698 and the government had moved to Williamsburg.
