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His adventure opened the door to a century of Spanish expeditions in the Americas. Incapable of visualizing the historical significance of his travels.
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A breif and true report of the new found land of Virginia. Faithfully captured the areas natural resources, the way of lifeof the Native Americans, and the potential for building a successful colony. It was published in 1588
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Puritans were a group of English protestants who had sought to "purify" the church of England and return to simpler ways of worshipping
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The first permanent colony established in the new world.
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Jhn Winthrop wrote "We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill."
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William Wood of Massachusetts Bay Colny noted that the Native Americans "took the first ship they saw for a walking island, the mast to be a tree, the sail white cloud."
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Bible's Psalms were rewritten to fit the rhythms of familiar puritan hymns
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Poems collected as "The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up In America" was published in london
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William Penn founds the colony of Pennsylvania.
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Burst of intellectual energy taking place in Europe that came to be known as the Enlightenment.
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The religous revival Great Awakening begins.
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Patrick Henry "I know not what course others may take" thundered to the delegates at the second Virginia Convention, "but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.
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Fought and defeated one of the greatest military powers on earth to turn their declaration into a reality.
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2000 pamphlets were published. These inexpensive "little Books" became the fuel of the revolution ,reaching out to thousnads of people
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The Constitution was approved. The United States of America was born.
