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Begun his 4 yoyages
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A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia.[5]
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Many settlers in the 1600s were Puritans
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"Father of New France"
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Jamestown was the first permanent colony established
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"we must consider that shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us"
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William Wood of Massachusets Bay Colony noted that the Native Americans "took the first ship they sae for a walking island, the mast to be a tree, the sail white clouds."
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Bay Psalm Book was written
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The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
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there was a burst of intellectual energy taking place in Europe that is known as the Enlightenment
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The colonies became self-reliant and practiced local self-rule
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When France allied with a number of Native American group to drive the Britsh out of North America
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After many defeats England brought in new military leaders and made its own alliance with the Native Americans (The Powerful Iroquois) After a long war the victorius Great Britain claimed all of North America east of the Mississippi River
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"but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"
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The colonist fought and defeated one of the greatest military powers on earth to turn their declaration into a reality
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The Constitution of the United States was approved
