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7 Sep 1630
Boston, Massachusetts, was founded by Governor Winthrop.
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25 Dec 1621
Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony forbade game playing on Christmas.
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16 Mar 1621
Samoset became the first Native American to make contact with the Plymouth colony.
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11 Dec 1620
Thirty Native Americans attacked Myles Standish and a group of eighteen settlers. This became known as the 'First Encounter.'
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9 Nov 1620
The Mayflower, filled with Puritan Pilgrims, spotted land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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5 Apr 1614
American Indian princess Pocahontas married English tobacco planter, John Rolfe.
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28 Aug 1609
British explorer Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay.
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17 Jun 1579
Sir Francis Drake discovered New Albion in California.
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7 Oct 1542
Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo discovers Catalina Island off the coast of California.
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6 Mar 1521
Portuguese Navigator Ferdinand Magellan discovered Guam, Micronesia in the Western Pacific.
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27 Mar 1513
Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León accidentally discovered Florida.
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27 Nov 1493
The first Native American uprising against Spanish rule occurred in the La Navidad colony.
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19 Nov 1493
Christopher Columbus discovered Puerto Rico on his second voyage.
