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Christopher Columbus, never actually set foot in America throughout his four journeys. Most were set in the Caribbean and South America.
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While slavery went on for hundreds of years, it is believed to have begun in the new world in 1501.
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Led by Herndando Cortes, a victory for European settlers gaining territory in the new land
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Pizarro sailed to Peru and led his men up the Andes Mountains and defeated the Incas.
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English settlers landed and created the first English settlement.
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John Rolfe brought Pocahontas to Jamestown and began to grow tobacco. He then made his first shipment to England and is responsible for most tobacco use today.
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Way to attract new settlers to Jamestown and get them to work as farmers and laborers.
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The pilgrims were a religious group that left England because of religious persecution.
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English settlement on the east coast . The Northernmost of several colonies and recognized as the province of Massachusetts By.
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Military alliance of the English colonies of Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and New Haven
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Designed by Spanish Engineer Ignacio Daza. Used to protect the and defend the City of St. Augustine.
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Armed rebellion by Virginia settlers against the rule of governor William Berkeley
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The overthrow of King James II of England by a unon of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch Prince.
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Series of prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts.
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Series of Christian Revivals that advised colonists to renew individual spirituality.
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Plan to unify the thirteen colonies into one government.
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War between the French and The English. The French recieved help from native Americans but England ended up winning the war.
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Native Tribes from Illinois and Ohio fought back against English Settlers
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Stamp duty applied to newspapers and legal and commercial documents and encouraged the revolutionary movement against the English kingdom
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British Soldiers were being harassed and eventually fired upon a crowd of people killing five colonists
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American Colonists set fire to the British ship the HMS Gaspee
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Political protest by the American colonists where they snuck onto a British boat and dumped tea into the ocean causing the Intolerable acts.
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Delegates from the 13 colonies except Georgia met to organize a resistance to England.
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First battle of the American Revolution when the British troops were sent to confiscate weapons from colonists and were met by a militia of American soldiers.