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columbus arives in america thinking he has just found a new trade route to the west indies, but he has discovered much more.
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The treaty divided the newly discovered lands between Crown of Portugal and Crown of Castile along a meridian.
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Martin Luther and his followers challenged the Catholic Church for a return to the purer practices and beliefs of the early Church.
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tobacco is discovered in America, it is later altered to not be as strong, becomes very popular in Europe and a cash crop for America.
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North America remained mostly unexplored and unclaimed, three main colonies are set up in america. The Spanish at Santa Fe in 1610, the French at Quebec in 1608, and the English at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.
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was founded by a group of London investors, who then invested on sending ships over to Chesapeake Bay
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the virgina company names the colony after the king. this was a very important colony in the founding of america. colony was led by john smith.
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the first document of self-government in North America.
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a group of welthy puritans who were granted a royal charter in 1629 to settle in massachusetts bay.
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conflict between english settlers and pequot indians over control of land and trade in eastern connecticut.
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series of bloody conflicts occuring between 1640 and 1600 during which the Iroquois fought the French for control of the fur trade in the east and the great lake region.
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slave trade becomes very popular in the south and is needed to harvest all the cash crops.
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conflict in new england between wampanoags, narragansetts and other indian peoplesagainst english settlers,sparked by english encroachments on native lands.
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violent conflict in virgina, beginning with settler atacks on indians but culminating in rebellion led by nathaniel bacon against virginas government.
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the first of a series of colonial struggles between england and france.
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a law passed by parliment allowing for other religions to settle in the British colonies and be practiced freely
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a time in history when people thought other people were witches for bad reasons, they wouldnt give them a fair trial, no one would back that person up because then they would be called a witch too, then they would be killed.
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american phase of europes war of the spanish succession. (1702-1713)
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termendous religious revival in colonial america
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the third anglo-french war in north america, part of the european conflict known as the war of the austrian succession.
