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Nov 10, 1492
The Explorers
The first of these wrintings were the journals and letters of Christopher Columbus, which recounted his four voyages to the americans. Columbus's had many adventures. Christopher columbus sailed the ocean blue. -
From Colony to Country
The first permanent colony was established at Jamestown. -
Puritan Beliefs
Puritan settlers belived themselves chosen by God to create a new order in America. Puritans' values directed every aspect of their lives. -
Massahusetts Bay Colony
William Wood of Massachusetts Bay Colony noted that the Native Americans "tood the first ship they saw for a walking island, the mast to be a tree, the sail white clouds." -
Puritan Poetry
Edward Taylor and Anne Bradstreet saw poetry as a mean of exploring the relationship between the indiviual and God. Bay Pslam Book, The Bibles Pslams were rewritten to fit the rhyms of familiar Puritains hymns -
Cape Town
The dutch found Cape Town on the Southern Tip of South Africa -
War
The Puritan's Victory in King Philip's War ends Native American resistance in New England colonies -
Death
During the time of the Saleam witch trials many innocent people were put to death. -
Population
The colonial population reaches about a half million, Boston's population is 12,000. -
North American soil
English colonies stretched all along the Atlantic coast. Once rooted in North American Soil, the colonies became increasingly self-reliant and practiced local self-rule. -
Loyalty
French alled with Native American to drive the British out of North America, they supported England econmically by expotring raw materials to the homeland and impoerting Britain's manufactured goods. -
The Enlightment
Made people think. -
A break with england
The colonies declared themselves to be "free and independent". Fought and defeated one of the greatest military powers on earth to turn their declaration into a reality. remarkable minds of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and other colonial thinks put timeless words to this experiment. -
Propaganda
Two thousand pamphalers were published. -
Constitution of the united States
The constitution was approved,and the United states of American was born.