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Oct 31, 1457
Christopher Columbus
Born Oct. 31, 1475. Christopher Columbus made 4 trips across the ocean from Spain in 1492, 1493,1498, and 1502. When Columbus came upon the Americas he opened up more trading to more countries. -
Dec 3, 1460
Juan Ponce de Leon
Born Dec. 3, 1460. Leon is said to have traveled with Christopher Columbus to the New World in 1493. Ten years later Juan Ponce de Leon became the Governor of the eastern province of Hispaniola, which later became Puerto Rico. In 1513 Leon led an expedition to the coast, of (now) Florida, trying to find the fountain of youth. -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbian Exchange
A period of time where both New and Old world's made exchanges of people, plants, animals, and diseases. During these exchanges the Spanish brought domesticated animals such as horses. Horses were used for many things one of them being transportation. -
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Reformation
Religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era. -
Jan 1, 1552
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English adventurer, and writer. In 1585 he became captain of the guard. Raleigh organized three major expeditions to America. -
The Lost Colony
After leaving the colonists on the island, the ships returned to England for supplies. Once they entered England all vessels were ordered to remain there. When the sailors finally made it back to Roanoke colony in 1590, they found the settlement destroyed and all the settlers are gone. To this day no one has been able to say for certain what had happened. -
Roger Williams
Born Dec. 21, 1603. Both a political and religious leader. Founded Rhode Island, this soon became a haven for Baptists, Quakers, Jews and other religious minorities. -
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Slavery
Began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco. Slavery was practiced throughout the American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries, and African-American slaves helped build the economic foundations of the new nation. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was not a constitution or a plan of government, but it did set a pattern for later development. While the colonists professed loyalty to England and the king, they expected mostly to govern themselves and they improvised in the face of unexpected circumstances. -
Plymouth
In September the Mayflower landed on Cape Cod, today it's know as Massachusetts, by late December the colonists anchored at Plymouth Rock. Plymouth Rock was the first permanent settlement of Europeans in New England. More than half of the settlers did not survive the first winter. Soon after the settlers helped the Native Americans in exchange for help with growing food and hunting. -
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Middle Colonies
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Raised surplus wheat and corn that they sold to New Englanders and to English colonists in the West Indies. Farming was the main occupation. -
Southern Colonies
The Southern colonies included Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The southern colonies had very fertile soil, farming was super important in the southern colonies, in order to keep up with all of the crops they got slaves. -
Toleration Act
This was a law mandating religious tolerance against all Christians.Passed in 1649 by the local representative government of Maryland. -
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King Philip's War
The last major effort by the Native Americans of southern New England to drive out the English settlers. The fighting lasted fourteen months and destroyed twelve frontier towns, ending shortly after Metacom was captured and beheaded. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Members of the House of Burgesses learned that frontiersmen and small landholders could not be ignored. They lowered taxes and developed friendlier relations with small planters. In 1677, they also negotiated a new treaty with the Indians, which opened more land to colonial settlement. -
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Enlightenment
The Age of Reason. Lasted from the mid 1600s to the late 1700s, and it differed greatly from the Great Awakening in the thrust of its ideas and the people it affected. Believed that through the power of reason, human society could be understood, improved, and perhaps even perfected. -
Great Awakening
In the 30s and the 40s, colonists of varying denominations were caught up in a revival of religious fervor. The movement in part spilled over from a similar religious revival in England. -
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French and Indian War
Also known as the Seven Years’ War, this New World conflict marked another chapter in the long imperial struggle between Britain and France. When France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims of the British colonies, a series of battles led to the official British declaration of war in 1756. -
Join or Die/ Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. Representatives from seven of the British North American colonies adopted the plan. -
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Great Migration
During the Great Migration, African Americans began to build a new place for themselves in public life, actively confronting economic, political and social challenges and creating a new black urban culture that would exert enormous influence in the decades to come.
