6. Founding of Jamestown
On December 6, 1606, three ships sailed out to America and settled the colony known as Jamestown. Jamestown is an important colony because it was the first permanent English settlement in the New World. The Jamestown colony was also the first to bring Africans over, however, they treated them more like indentured servants and not slaves. The language, customs, government and beliefs of the people that settled Jamestown are actually quite similar to the customs we have in America still to this day.
Next, we have a revolution that took place to establish the United States as its own sovereign nation.