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The black death happened around the 1347's. The black death originaly came from rats spreading the disease. This was an unavoidable event . There were no cats due to their beliefs that cats were satan so they had no defences
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Chistopher was an italian explorer, navigator and colonizer. He was also the sailor that discovered America. He ended up finding this country to find trade routes.
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Vasco was a famous portuguese explorer.He wanted to find a route to Europe to Asia. He was the first to reach India by ship.
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Henrys first wife was catherine she was the princess of spain. After awhile he wanted a divorce but the pope wouldnt allow it. He decided to make a new church were he could get a divoce and soon divorced her because she couldnt give him a baby boy.
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During this time Florida was under the control of the spanish. It stayed this way for a long period of time.
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Ponce De Leon was a spanish explorer. He was the first to explore North America. He had originally just wanted to find the Fountain of youth but never found it. When he arrived in North america he discovered Florida.
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Martin Luther nailed the 95 thesis on the church door. This action began a protest. When the pope asked Luther to take down his thesis Luther refused because he didnt like the way they were teaching. After this action he was excommuicated from the church. Luther made a new church and a new religion called Lutherism.
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De Soto was believed to be the 1st Europeans to see the mississippi river. He also explored the south easter parts of North America.
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King henry finnaly got his son on October 12, 1537 but henrys wife soon died after his son was born. His name was Edward.
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James town was Americas first permenant english colony. James town is located in virginia.
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The Salem witch trials were held in 1692. Around this time people were believed in witch craft and thought some people were witches. If they were found guilty of being a witch they would hang them.
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The French and Indian war started when George washington shot at a french ambassador
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This was a parliment of britian passed as a tax due to smugglers. This was a tax on imported goods like sugar and mollassis. If you were caught with these goods you would either pay a tax or go to jail for smuggling.
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This act placed taxes on printed papers. This was the first tax to be put on the colonists. This was also one of the reasons the colonists rebeled.
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The boston massacre happened when a crowd of colonists harrassed the british for being on their land. When one boy hit the british, the british fired into the crowd.
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This act was a tax on tea. We wanted no taxes so they wanted to rebel. This was the final act that sparked the rebellion.
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The Boston tea party happened before the stamp act ended. This was an act of rebellion. The Americans dressed as indians and threw millions of dollars worth of tea into the water. After this happened they shut down the harbor and was forced to repay them.
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This was the greatest battle in American history. After awhile the Americans gave up because it seemed like there was no hope for their independance.
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In vally Forge Washington led his troops to the Forge. Unfortunatly his troops were in bad shape and didnt last long. In the end they had a draw with the British.
