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Sent against English troops
-tried to prevent english privateering (pirates)
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| The colony was founded by the owners of the Massachusetts Bay Company, which included investors in the failed Dorchester Company, which had in 1624 established a short-lived settlement on Cape Ann. The second attempt, the Massachusetts Bay Colony begun in 1628, was successful, with about 20,000 people migrating to New England in the 1630s. The population was strongly Puritan, and its governance was dominated by a small group of leaders who were strongly influenced by Puritan religious leaders. |
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| The explorer Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he accidentally stumbled upon the Americas. Though he did not really “discover” the New World--millions of people already lived there--his journeys marked the beginning of centuries of trans-Atlantic conquest and colonization. |
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| He was considered to have played an important part in the establishment of the first permanent English settlement in North America. He was a leader of the Virginia Colony (based at Jamestown) between September 1608 and August 1609, and led an exploration along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay. |
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Venetian Merchant traveler
traveled to asia to trade
His pioneering journey inspired Christopher Columbus[4] and others |
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| The Treaty of Tordesillas was agreed upon by the Spanish and the Portuguese to clear up confusion on newly claimed land in the New World. |
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The American Enlightenment is the intellectual thriving period in the United States in the mid-to-late 18th century (1715–1789), especially as it relates to American Revolution on the one hand and the European Enlightenment on the other.
- Jefferson Washington Franklin Paine.
- influenced by english and franc |
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| -He began exploring North America in 1603, establishing the city of Quebec in the northern colony of New France, and mapping the Atlantic coast and the Great Lakes |
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-English philosopher John Locke's works lie at the foundation of modern philosophical empiricism and political liberalism.
- Life liberty property |
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- Rid muslims from spain
- funded conquistadors to colonize america
- funded columbus' journey to start colonization by europe |
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-He rose rapidly in the favour of Queen Elizabeth I, and was knighted in 1585.
-Instrumental in the English colonisation of North America, Raleigh was granted a royal patent to explore Virginia, which paved the way for future English settlements |
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| -In colonial Spanish America, the Reconquista refers to the period following the defeat of Napoleon in 1814 during which royalist armies were able to gain the upper hand in the Spanish American wars of independence. |
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- Elizabeth I wouldn't give money to other types of companies because it was too big of a risk for too little or no payout.
- Quicker money, less risk. |
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| -uritanism had declined by the 1730s, and people were upset about the decline in religious piety. The Great Awakening was a sudden outbreak of religious fervor that swept through the colonies. One of the first events to unify the colonies. |
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| -Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, statesman, and Founding Father. One of the few Americans who was highly respected in Europe, primarily due to his discoveries in the field of electricity. |
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| This expression was popular in the 1840s. Many people believed that the U.S. was destined to secure territory from "sea to sea," from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. This rationale drove the acquisition of territory. |
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| Part of the Seven Years' War in Europe. Britain and France fought for control of the Ohio Valley and Canada. The Algonquins, who feared British expansion into the Ohio Valley, allied with the French. The Mohawks also fought for the French while the rest of the Iroquois Nation allied with the British. The colonies fought under British commanders. Britain eventually won, and gained control of all of the remaining French possessions in Canada, as well as India. Spain, which had allied with France, ceeded Florida to Britain, but received Louisana in return |
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- Brought by de Soto and other spanish explorers
- Became feral and disrupted native american cultures with no domesticated livestock
- Isabella sent them over to keep muslims and jewish people out of colonies |
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- first european to reach india by sea
- from portugal around tip of africa. |
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-The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
- Colonial Victory
- GB Opens eyes to see colonies have some firepower |
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