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http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/christopher-columbus.jpg Christopher Columbus was a great explorer, who sailed the seas in 1942 with the support of Queen Isabella. He thought he could reach East Asia by sailing West across the Atlantic. In Columbus's mind, the world was much smaller than it actually is. He landed first in the Bahamas, and later in Cuba. Although he never made it to where he actually thought he w
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http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/6500000/John-Smith-pocahontas-6585696-300-315.jpg Jamestown, Virginia was the location of the first English settlement in the New World. It was the first attempt to make a once foreign place livable. John Smith, went to Jamestown in an attempt to make it livable while establishing law and order in the colony that was standing on its last legs. However
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgKFknsyzX8&feature=related Bacon's Rebellion occurred when Nathaniel Bacon refused to uphold Berkeley’s stand on the line of settlement between Indians and colonists. Bacon took up arms to deal with the Indians despite Berkeley’s protest, and brought with him a number of fellow rebels. After being coined the term of “rebel”, Bacon took his army against the Governor and led his troops twice
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