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Henry VIII ascends English throne. Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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Troops of the Holy Roman Empire attack Rome, imprison Pope Clement VII—the end of the Italian Renaissance. Castiglione writes The Courtier. The Medici family expelled from Florence
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The Spanish Armada was a Spanish fleet of 130 ships. They sailed from A Coruña under the command of Duke of Medina Sidonia with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England.
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The 'Charter of 1606', also known as the First Charter of Virginia, is a document from King James I of England to the Virginia Company assigning land rights to colonists for the stated purpose of propagating the Christian religion
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Roanoke Island is an island in Dare County on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States. It was named after the historical Roanoke Carolina Algonquian people who inhabited the area in the 16th century at the time of English exploration.
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Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America
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In 1618 Colonists could own land
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The house of burgesses meet. It was the first legislative assembly in the American colonies.
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The Dutch East India Company gave van Riebeeck authority to bring slaves to South Africa
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Virgina Company sends women to Jamestown for 150 pounds of tobacco.
