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1492
Christopher Columbus
An Italian explorer sailing for Spain who believed that Asia (India) could be reached by sailing west from Europe. His first voyage was in 1492, wherein he discovered North America (Caribbean islands) and named it the West Indies. He will make four voyages to the new world without fully realizing what he had discovered. -
Period: 1492 to
US History 1
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The Southern Colonies
the southern colonies stretch form Virginia to Florida. what i did for living was produced corn, lumber, beef and pork and then later they where also planting rice. -
Jamestown
was the foothold for England in the New World. King James I granted a people that where investors to settle in present-day North Carolina to New York. -
Plymouth Colony
the Pilgrims set sail to the new world aboard the mayflower and landed in present day Massachusetts. more than half the people died because of the hard winter. The one that did survive made a peace treaties with Native American tribes. -
The New England Colonies
a group of English people would go there to find a place to live and the later on they would be the pilgrims. the the native help them learn how to farming, fishing and hunting -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
was on of the first settlements for England. where about 1,000 Puritan refugees settled in today's Massachusetts. King Charles I gave them land and they started to join other people for ownership of government. -
The Middle Colonies
there is a new king. king Charles ll the English people want to Dutch New Netherlands and then named it New York. the Dutch people stayed in New York as well as the English people so New York became one of most diverse and prosperous colonies.