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Columbus was looking for a path to the Indies for easier trade, but landed in American.
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The Aztecs attacked the Spanish becuase they invaded their territory looking for gold and silver.
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Cortez and his troops waited for the Spanish to weaken and he attacked.
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This break made the rivalry with the Catholic dominated Spain because this started the English Protestant Reformation.
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The joint-stock company known as the Virginia Company of Londan recieved a charter to settle in the New Word from King James l of England.
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After receiving their charter the company traveled and landed in Jamestown. Eventually, Jamestown was taken over by Captain John Smith.
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He reached Jamestown with supplies, but started to raid and burn Indian villages, which started the First Anglo - Powhatan War.
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This marriage of an Indian to a colonist made peace between the two ending the first Anglo-Powhattan War.
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The House of Burgesses was put in place by the London Company, which allowed VIrginia to be a self-government.
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King James l put the Virginia Colony under his control becuase he didn't trust the House of Burgesses.
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Maryland was formed by Lord Baltimore as a place for Catholics to escape the Protestant English government.
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Originally started by Lord De La Warr, the Indians were deafeated in both wars.
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The Act of Toleration granted tolerance to Christians.
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This slave code denied basic rights to slaves because by the 1700's the population of black slaves was overtaking that of white settlers.
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Georgia was founded by the English to protect the Carolinians from Spanish in Florida and French in Louisiana.
