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Christopher Columbus sailed west from Spain. He hoped to reach Asia by crossing the Atlantic Ocean and found North America instead. Columbus names the island they landed on San Salvador.
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This Italian explorer's mission was to find the Northwest passage. He landed near the mouth of the Cape Fear Re=iver in March 1524. Verrazano is considered North Carolina's first European explorer.
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Ayllon hoped to start a colony for Spain along the Cape Fear River. He brought 500 men, women, and children with him including enslaved Africans. Many of the colonists died from disease and lack of supplies.
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Ayloon's colonists returned home to Spain.
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Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer that led a large expedition through the Southeastern US. His main goal was to find gold. However, he did not find any.
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Raleigh sent Arthur Barlowe and Philip Amadas on an expedition to set up a colony.Barlowe and Amadas found Roanoke Island.
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Raleigh sent about 110 men to settle Roanoke Island. He appointed Ralph Lane to be the governor.
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Colonists began to starve when food became scarce. They feared they would die so they returned to England with Sir Francis Drake.
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John White and a group of colonists sailed to Roanoke Island to repair the fort and mend things. White sailed back to England for more supplies. When he returned to Roanoke 3 years later, the colonists were gone. To this day, no one knows what happened to the colony.
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King James I of England gave the Virginia Company a charter to start a colony.
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English colonists settled Jamestown.
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The English government passed laws to control trade in the colonies, including taxes on certain goods shipped from colony to colony.
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King Charles II of England decided to start a colony south of Virginia. It was called "Carolina" which means "land of Charles."
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George Durant and John Culpepper led "Culpepper's Rebellion", a rebellion against the English governemnt on their new tax laws.
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American Indians attacked the towns of Bath and New Bern. These attacks led to the Tuscarora War.
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Colonists defeated the Tuscarora in 1713.
