Motivations for Colonization

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  • Sep 8, 1440

    Invention of printing press

    Invented in the Holy Roman Empire by the German Johannes Gutenberg around 1440. Used to make lots of copies of the Christian Bible.
  • Sep 8, 1497

    John Cabot and the New Passage

    John Cabot was a Genoese navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England
  • Sep 8, 1517

    The Protestant Reformation

    In 1517 a German priest named Martin Luther criticized the Roman Catholic Church because the church was becoming too wealthy and that it abused its power. This act started the Protestant Reformation​, a religious movement began to spread throughout all of Europe
  • Sep 8, 1534

    Anglican Church

    Christianity was in England was under the authority of the pope. But in 1534 King Henry viii declared himself the head of the church

  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    A Spanish fleet of 130 ships under command of the Duke of
    Medina Sidonia that sailed from a Coruna to escort an army from Flaunders to invade England.