Events
Columbus reaches America; claims for SpainSir Francis Drake attacks Saint Augustine, FloridaChamplain maps the coast of New EnglandDutch build Fort Amsterdam at the southern tip of Manhattan IslandFirst book printed in the United States, The Bay Psalm, produced in Cambridge, MassachusettsFather Eusebio Kino explores northern Mexico and the American SouthwestOutbreak of the French and Indian WarThe first colony was founded at Jamestown, VirginiaThe Pilgrims, founders of Plymouth, Massachusettsenslaved Africans made up a growing percentage of the colonial population2 million people lived and worked in Great Britain's 13 North American coloniesPontiac's War BeginsKing George III Signs The ProclamationFirst battle of the English against the Spanish Armada beginsThe Starving Time at Jamestown
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