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La Salle landed on the island of Montreal in 1667.
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n 1609 Hudson was chosen by merchants of the Dutch East India Company in the Netherlands to find an easterly passage to Asia.
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He found that the settlers he had left behind on Roanoke Island had completely disappeared. This community would later become known as the Lost Colony.
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English raids against Spanish commerce and Queen Elizabeth I’s support of the Dutch rebels in the Spanish Netherlands led King Philip II of Spain to plan the conquest of England.
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King Henry VIII founded the church of England
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Cartier sailed into the waters of the St. Lawrence River in eastern Canada. Although he couldn't travel up the river all the way to Asia, Cartier had in fact discovered an important waterway into the vast areas of Canada.
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16th Century religious, political, intellectual, and cultural upheaval that happened within catholic Europe
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The Northwest passage was a fast, direct route to Cathay, Japan and India.
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Invented by Johannes Gutenberg
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