You are responsible for knowing what these events were, the dates they occurred, and why they are historically significant.
- Christopher Columbus lands in Hispaniola, 1492
- DeSoto discovers Mississippi River, 1542
- United Kingdom founded with coronation of James I, 1603
- First permanent English settlement founded at Jamestown, Virginia,1607
- Mayflower arrives at present-day Massachusetts, 1620
- New York City founded as New Amsterdam, 1625
- New College (Harvard College) founded, 1636
- UK governed as Commonwealth, 1649-60
- British Capture New Amsterdam in second Anglo-Dutch War,1664
- Salem witch trials held in Massachusetts, 1692
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