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Columbus was born in Genoa
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He was looking for a new route to Asia.
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He took 17 ships and 1,500 men
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He left from Sanlucar, Spain, with six ships.
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Leaves from Cádiz, Spain, with four ships
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He died in Valladolid
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1st English colony established then later failed.
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John Smith and other english setters establish Jamestown, VA.
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Pilgrams land at Plymouth, Pilgrams wish to separate from the Anglican Church.
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Puritans founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Puritans want a pure form of Anglican Church Religion.
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Connectict was established in 1636.
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William Penn recieves charter for Pennsylvania
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Salem Witchcraft Trials are held.
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England takes New Amsterdam from the Dutch.
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Circa 1700, Colonial population reaches 257,000
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Enslaved Africans revolt in Stono Rebellion
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Population of the English Colonies passes the one million mark.
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It said that colonists could not settle West of the Appalacian Mountains.
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This placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies.
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Required all legal and commercial documents to carry an offical stamp showing that a tax had been paid.
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A cost-saving measure that required the colonies to quarter, or house the British soldiers and provide them with supplies.
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Stamp Act was a mistake. Declaratory Act, Parliment had supreme authority to govern the colonists.
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Charles Townsends way to raise revenue in the colonies.
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Became a tool for Anti-British propaganda. People in Boston were outraged.
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Gave British East India Company control over the American tea trade.
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A series of laws to punish the Massachsetts colony and serve as a warning to other colonies.
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Gage ordered his troops to arrest Adams and Hancock in Lexington and destory supplies in Concord.
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