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http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-early.htm
Christopher Columbus makes the first of four voyages to the New World, funded by the Spanish Crown, seeking a western sea route to Asia. -
http://roanokeisland.net/
First things first: Roanoke Island contains the town of Manteo as well as the village of Wanchese. -
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-armada-defeated
the coast of Gravelines, France, Spain’s so-called “Invincible Armada” is defeated by an English naval force under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake. -
http://historicjamestowne.org/history/history-of-jamestown/
It was built about 60 miles from Chesapeak bay. But disease, famine, and sporadic attacks from the neighboring Powhatan Indians took a tremendous toll on the population. -
http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/1818The European invasion of North America was in its infancy. Contact between the Indian nations and the Europeans was largely in the form of explorers, missionaries, and fur traders
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http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/James_VI_and_I_1566-1625
He also commissioned the rich and poetic translation of the Bible that is known as the King James Bible. James died in 1625 and was succeeded by his son, who ruled as Charles -
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-colonial/2027But because Europeans and American Indians had very different ideas about what it meant to buy and to own land these deals actually could cause as much conflict as they prevented
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http://www.ushistory.org/us/2f.asp
Spain and France had absolute monarchies, but Britain had a limited monarchy. -
http://www.indyweek.com/sports/archives/2010/07/08/a-short-history-of-the-dutch-in-south-africa-1652-2010
Also significant for South Africa’s subsequent history is the fact that the white colonial settlement had sharp “gradations of status and wealth,” as historian Leonard Thompson puts it. Colony administrators and a few wealthy farmers controlled land and resources. -
http://www.historyisfun.org/pdf/Curriculum-Materials/Women_in_Early_VA.pdf
140 maids to the colony.
