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Sep 8, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Columbus had many writtings of the Americas on his four voyages to America. He opend the door to Spainish expeditions to the Americas. Although he died disappointed because he did not find the city of gold described by Marco Polo. -
The Meeting of Two Worlds
The explorers found a new and forign life when the came to America. Unknown to the explorers though, there was already life in America. The Europeans seacherd all ove the land and described it, in diaries and papers, as a "hidious and desolate wilderness, full of wild beasts and wild men". As the native Americans began as scared of the Europeans, they ended up being cooperative with them. -
The Native American Experience
There were more than 300 different Native American cultures when the Europeans arived, and 200 different languages. They did not have any writting although. -
Exploration and the Early Settlers
The journals of the early settlers describe the landscape in vivid detail of the sights and wonders. -
Cabeza de Vaca
One of the four suvivors of the 600-man Narvaez expiditions. He explored Texas, Florida, and Mexico -
Puritan Beliefs
Many groups of people were Puritains, groups that wanted to purify the church of england. Their belifs were unwanted in England so they had traveled to America -
From Colony to Country
Jamestown was the first established colony in 1607. English colonys soon streched all along the Atlantic Ocean by 1733. America had now began to support England by expoirting raw goods and importing England's goods. Britian even sent soldiers to protect their land during the French and Indian War. -
The Enlightenment
Intellectual had a huge burst of energy. In the second Virginia Convention, Patrick Henery said "I know not what course others may take. but as for me, give me liberty or give me death". This gave them philosophical footing for the revolution. -
The Great Awakening
At the same time of the Enlightenment, many worried that the Purtain values were forgotten about. Johnathan Edwards called for the people to rededicate themselves to Puritain vision and new wave of religious beliefs began. -
A Break With England
England tried to tax America and recover some of the money spent on the war, but they ended up losing more than just the cost of the war. America protested their control and wanted to be independent in 1776. America fought and defeated the British and became a free country
