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Columbus reaches the new world thinking it was a new route to the Indies. He would go to his grave beleive this false fact.
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Francisco Coronado lead the first group of spanish explorers to explore the southwerstern part of america. They were looking for rumored Cities of Gold.
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Tobacco is introduced in england. this will latter help many colonies succed!
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Samuel de Champlain starts the begining of what would become a french monoploy of the northern fur trade. He establishes Port Royal in the bay of fundy, which becomes a huge trading post.
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James town is the first real attempt by the english to create a long lasting colony in the new world. At first it fails but as it continues it thrives
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The House of Burgesses was the first from of government in the new colonies outside of the kings rule. The poeple of the virgina colony voted for the people who would make their laws.
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The famous pilgriam ship sails to the new world to excape religious prosacution.
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King Charles grants 10 million acres to the calvert family. The lord of baltimore names his settlement after the princes Henrrieta Maria.
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The natives had to finally let the puritains push them farther back from the coast because a devasting epidemic of small poxs.
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The Pequot Natives fought back settlers from stealing their land in eastern connecticut.
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The printing press being in boston helped to delelop the colony into a much more advanced culture.
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The half way convent was set up by the puritains to try and increase numbers in the church. All religions faced alot of decline around this time.
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All started because Plymouth Magistrates arrested and killed three Pokanoket men. All of new england fought in the war
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A back country settler named Nathaniel Bacon. He wanted to push back the virginian people because they were pushing him and natives off their land.
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William Penn founds Pennsylvania. It becomes a place where Quakers can practice freely.
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A very similar back country rebelion to bacon's. This took place in Carolina.
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william Penn drafts a constitution for his new colony. Which included religious freedom.
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KIng Williams war, This is the start of unreast between the French and the english.
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The dark side of the puritain faith, People are tryed and killed because they are thought to be witches.
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Protestant Preacher such as george Whitefield helped spark a rebirth in religous devotion.
