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Columbus reaches America; claims for Spain

Sir Francis Drake attacks Saint Augustine, Florida

Champlain maps the coast of New England

Dutch build Fort Amsterdam at the southern tip of Manhattan Island

First book printed in the United States, The Bay Psalm, produced in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Father Eusebio Kino explores northern Mexico and the American Southwest

Outbreak of the French and Indian War

The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia

The Pilgrims, founders of Plymouth, Massachusetts

enslaved Africans made up a growing percentage of the colonial population

2 million people lived and worked in Great Britain's 13 North American colonies

Pontiac's War Begins

King George III Signs The Proclamation

First battle of the English against the Spanish Armada begins

The Starving Time at Jamestown