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Columbus lands in the New World by accident while searching for a new route to the Indies.
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The Spanish invaded Central America and conquered the native empires.
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He is the first European to come to North America.
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Martin Luther and his followers challenged the Catholic Church for a return to the purer practices and beliefs of the early Church.
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This allows Holland to become one of the richest and most prosperous nations.
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The Virginia Company names the colony in the king's honor.
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The legislature of colonial Virginia, it was the first institution of representative government in English colonies.
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Pilgrims, also known as Seperatists, sailed on the Mayflower and settled Plymouth Colony.
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Natives and African slaves banded together against the French killing more than 200 people.
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Granted by King Charles the First, Maryland was a proprietary colony owned by the Calvert family.
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Lasting until 1696, this was the legal and institutional structure of Britain's colonial system.
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An act passed by King Charles the Second, it orered a stop to religious persecution of Christians in Massachusetts.
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This was a plan adopted by the New England clergy which allowed children of baptized parents to be baptized whether or not their parents were converted, in an attempt to promote church membership.
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Lasting until 1676, this conflict was between Indian peoples and English settlers and was sparked by English encroachment.
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Led by Nathaniel Bacon, this violent conflict was against Virginia's government regarding their lakc of involvement against Indian attacks.
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Pennsylvania was given to the Quakers through William Penn by the king.
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Lasting until 1697, this was the first in a series of struggles between England and France. It occurred mostly in northern New England and New York.
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This public scare was the death of 20 people.
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This battle established the current Georgia/Florida border.
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Occurring in the middle of the 18th century, this was the religious revival in North America.