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Expedition from Spain - discovery of the New World by the Old. Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the New World between Portuguese and Spanish monarchies.
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New Albion name of all N. America nort of Mexico, from 'sea to sea'.
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Founded by Sir Walter Raleigh and was an attempt by Queen Elizabeth I to establish a permanent English settlement.
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First permanent English settlement. Starving Time at Jamestown was a period of starvation during the winter of 1609-10. There were 500 Jamestown residents at the beginning of the winter and only 60 still alive when the spring arrived.
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Took place in the English Colony of Virginia and resulted in 347 deaths. Led the English to abandon smaller settlements, e.g. Henricus
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Puritans found Boston and ten other settlements in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. John Winthrop preaches his city upon a Hill sermon.
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Battle of Fort Oswego
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SA was a revenue-raising act imposing tariffs; CA regulaed paper money issued by the colonies to British America
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Purpose was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so they would remain loyal to GB.
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British army, attempting to enforce parliamentary legislation, shot fatally 5 Americas and non-fatally wounding 6
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HMS Gaspee was a ship enforcing the Navigation Acts; A group of men, led by Abraham Whipple and John Brown, attacked & torched the vessel
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Two Acts passed by Parliament limiting colonial trade in response to increasing civil unrest.
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First battles of American Revolutionary War
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British recognize American independence, consequently they evacuate New York