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===Colonies===
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In 1607 England built an [[Jamestown, Virginia|establishment at Jamestown]]. This was the beginning of colonialism by England in North America. Many English settled then in North America for religious or economic reasons. Approximately 70% of English immigrants to North America who came between 1630 and 1660 were [[indentured servant]]s. By 1700, [[Chesapeake Bay|Chesapeake]] planters transported about 100,000 indentured servants,<ref>"[https://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-02-03.htm Africans, Slavery, and Race]". Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).</ref> who accounted for more than 75% of all European immigrants to Virginia and Maryland.<ref>"[http://www.virtualjamestown.org/essays/horn_essay.html Leaving England: The Social Background of Indentured Servants in the Seventeenth Century]", The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.</ref>