Northern AMerica was inhabited as early as in 10,000 BC by NAtive Americans( called Indians).
The first Europeans who set foot on the continent were the vikings around 1,000 AD. But it is mainly Christofer Columbus who is acknowledged as the discoverer of the continent in 1492. This discovery is at the origin of numerous European settlements.
The first british town ever founded in North America is Jamestown, Virginia(1607). IN 1620, the pilgrim Fathers who escaped Britain on board the MAyflower in order find religious in this Promised LAnd, founded the the town of Plumouth virginia.
One year later with the local native Americans they celebraded their survival thanking god for enabling to survive: it was the first THANKSGIVING.
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