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Europeans could expand to new lands where there was more room.
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Confirmation that this was a new land mass, not the East Indies.
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They could develop a life instead of the places they stayed being so temporary.
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They were a powerful bloc and both the French and the English wanted them on their side.
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First English settlement.
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This is the first European "Native American."
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America's first permanent English colony.
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Caused much upheaval in America.
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Established government in the colonies.
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Established a place free of religious persecution.
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The first serious battle between indigenous people and settlers in New England.
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It was the beginning of some colonies opposition to slavery.
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They had many different views that hadn't been heard before.
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Beginning of colonist having an identity as Americans rather than English subjects.
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First rebellion in the New World between the social classes.
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Created further tensions with the English and French with competing colonial aspirations.
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Demonstrated problems in the legal system.
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It spurred a rebelliousness among the population.
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He was the first president of the United States.
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Resulted in British dominance in Eastern half of North America.