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Leif was the first European to explore America - he landed on eastern Canada long before Columbus even began his voyage - Christopher Columbus just marked the starting point of European migration to America.
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-the teachings of Ancient Greeks gave new insights into the political processes, logic, and a framework for further scientific studies (i.e. astronomy and anatomy)
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This marked the beginning of the mass migration from Europe to the New World
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He is the first European to land in what we consider, present-day America
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Native Americans didn't have the antibodies built up to fight off diseases (such as smallpox) which made it easy for Europeans to conquer them.
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Tobacco was one the main cash crops produced in colonial America (which will create a lot of profit for the settlers & England)
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First English settlement in the New World - had 108 people - aka: "The Lost Colony"
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First PERMANENT English settlement in North America.
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William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving to be shared between colonists and neighboring indians - marked the beginning of an American holiday tradition
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Passed by King Charles II to stop religious persecutinon in Mass. but it wasn't until 1700 that Massachusetts and Connecticut began to allow other religions to meet openly.
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Puritans in New England were expanding into Indian peoples' land too much. -was one of the most destructive wars in American history (measured against population size)
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Planters' fear of disorder among former indentured servants (which Bacon was one of) encouraged them to transition quickly to slave labor.
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William Penn founded Pennsylvania mainly as a haven for Quakers but also for other religions. -Was the first colony to have the ideals to seperate church from state.
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It was the first of several battles between the French and English -even though this war ended with a treaty, war between England and France would resume not too long after.
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Young girls accusations resulted in the hangings of 19 people.
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Great Britain & allies vs. France and Spain over the refuge for slaves in St. Augustine - was the first fighting in the 18th century
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- was a refuge for escaped slaves --> sparked conflict between British and Spanish & French
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resulted in the death of 200 French settlers, but Louisiana ended up pulling back from complete commitment to slavery.
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Huge religious revival that errupted from declining religious importance in the colonies. -(not all at once) spread to all of the British colonies -was brought on mainly by Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield
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- first time that the concluding battle of a European war was fought on North American soil -->next war was destined to be a conflict between French and British colonists
