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Sep 11, 1492
Exploration and the Early Settlers
The first of these writings were the journals and letters of Christopher Columbus, which recounted his four voyages to the America. -
Thomas Harriot
Which faithfully captured the areas natural resources, the ways of life of Native Americans, and the potentail for building a successful colony. -
Peritan Beliefs
Puritans were a group of English Protestants who had sought to "purify" the Church of England and return to simpler ways of worshiping. -
From Colon to Country
The first permanent colony was established at Jamestown in 1607. By 1733, English colonies sstretched all along the atlantic cost. -
John Winthrop
Johm, wrote "that we must consifor that we shall be as a city upon a hill. -
William Wood
William Wood of Massachusetts Bay Colony noted that the native americans "took the first ship they saw for walking island. -
Puritan Poetry
Most Puritan writers composed "plain" sermons, histories, and treatises, but poetry was the means of expression for others. -
Edward Taylor
Was the first work by North American woman to be published. -
Enlightement
There was a burst of intellectual enegry taking place in Europe that came to be known as the Enlightenment. -
French Indian War
When France allied with a number of Native American groups to drive the British out of North America. -
Jamestown
Jamestown was first permanet colony was established. -
Patrick Henry
Thundered to the delegates at the second Virginia Convention. -
A break with england
Colonies declared themselves to be "free" and "independent in 1776 and fought and defeated one of the greatest military powers on earth to turn their declaration into a reality, -
Pamphlets and Propaganda
About two thousand pamphlets were published. these inexpensive "little books" becamse the fuel of the revolution. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was approved in 1788, the United States of American was born.