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1860 Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists
1811 1st U.S. colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA 1788 Sydney, Australia settled by British colonists 1774 England passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes 1765 Mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree) 1765 Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers 1765 Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists 1733 James Oglethorpe and 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, SC 1718 Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, found 1709 1st major group of Swiss/German colonists reaches NC/SC 1676 1st war between American colonists and Indians ends in New England 1643 Dutch U.S. colonists kill Algonquin-indians 1608 Captain Newport arrives from England with supplies for colonists 1607 English colonists (John Smith) lands near James River in VA 1586 English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island, North Carolina 1562 1st French colonists in US: Jean Ribaut and Hugenots at Parris Is NC |
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