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English establish jamestown colony in Virginia
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Period: to
Colonies & Revolutionary War
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First african laborers brought to Jamestown
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Plymouth colony founded
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Dutch cede New Netherlands to the English
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Metacom & other Wampanoag wage a series of battles against colonists
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William Penn receives charter for Pennsylvania colony
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Boston Massacre
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Battles of Lexington & Concord begin Revolutionary War
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Declaration of Independence
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Second Continental Congress convene after start of war