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Era characterized by European countries leaving Europe in search of gold, god or glory for their country. These European countries founded colonies in the americas.
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The Virginia trading company founded the first successful British colony of Jamestown. They founded Virginia to find gold, not knowing there was no gold. Settlers were metal workers that refused to farm, which led to many people starving. Smith had to create a no work no eat policy in order to get people to farm.
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The pilgrims escaped religious freedom by coming to the americas. They landed in massachusetts and agreed they would all create and follow their own laws.
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era characterized by American rebellions to British rule. Patriots began fighting the british rule
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ended the american revolution, gave america their freedom, land to the mississippi river, and fishing rights in the atlantic