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1200 BC-600 AD
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300 AD - 600 AD
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This is the time between ancient cultures and the beginning of the world as we know it today.
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Christian war with Muslims for control of Holy Lands.
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Marco Polo returns to Venice, Italy from China with stories of another way of life.
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A period of rebirth, with an explosion of ideas.
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Opens navigation school and tries to find a route East by bordering Africa.
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Gutenberg invents the printing press and the explosion of ideas has a quicker way to spread.
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Dias goes around the tip of Africa and hurries home to tell King Henry.
Columbus is in Henry´s court and hears the story and gets his own ideas. -
Columbus sails west searching for a new route to Asia for Spain.
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Spain throws Muslims out of Spanish land.
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King Henry hires John Cabot to find a shortcut to Asia.
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Vasco da Gama reaches India via rounding the tip of Africa.
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Searches for fountain of youth in New World. Names Florida.
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Martin Luther sparks the Reformation.
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Hired by France to find the NW Passage. He is unsuccessful.
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A storm puts Cabeza de Vaca in Texas for 4 years.
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King Henry breaks from Roman Catholic Church and forms the Anglican church.
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France sends Jacques Cartier to search for a NorthWest passage to Asia.
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Continues his expedition and hears of the "Seven Cities of Gold."
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Leads an expedition through the South West United States claiming territory for Spain.
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He stands up for the slaves who were being treated terribly. The king agrees, but doesn´t reinforce his decision.
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New Spain´s slaves revolt.
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St. Augustine becomes the first Spanish fort in Florida to keep French and English out.
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English settle at Roanoke.
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The Reformation and Counter Reformation split Europe.
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Netherlands form the first Merchant Company.
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English settle Jamestown.
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France sends Samuel de Champlain to govern New France. Quebec becomes the first settlement.
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Dutch merchant company hires Henry Hudson to find a North West Passage.
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Champlain alliance with Algonquin and Huron Indians against Iroquois which will create future problems.
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Henry Hudson explores Hudson Bay.
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Tobacco becomes an English cash crop.
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Virgina House of Burgess meets for first time.
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Pilgrims settle Plymouth.
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Puritans settle Boston
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Lord Baltimore founds Maryland.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island are formed.
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Northern colonies battle natives in the Pequot War.
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First recorded case of slavery in Virginia.
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First education law passed in Massachusetts.
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This establishes freedom of religion for Christians in Maryland.
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Carolina becomes a colony.
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Settlers build Charlestown in Carolina.
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Pueblo and Apache unite against New Spain colonies.
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King Philip, also known as Metacomet, was an Indian leader who lead an allied group of Indians against the northern colonists.
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A tragedy where 19 innocent people were killed because others believed they were witches or warlocks.
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Jamestown colony moves to Williamsburg, named after King William III in Virginia.
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Carolina divided into North and South.
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Yamasee attack settlers in South Carolina backcountry.
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The First Great Awakening was triggered by many things, including the Salem Witch Trials. It lead to passionate preaching and competition among religions. Most importantly, it gave the people the notion that they had a choice in religion which later influenced their belief that they had a choice in government as well.
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King George gives permission to form Georgia as a colongy.
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500,000 African slaves now exist in the New World.
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Maine becomes its own state.