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Leif Ericsson and 35 of his explores leave scandinavia and sail for what is now known as newfoundland however when they arrive they cant prove there dominance and are kicked out of the new found land by the natives
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Columbus came back to spain with all the necesaries to get the king and queen to allow him to go back and promised to give them all the gold and food they wanted!
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Pope Alexander VI created the line of demarctaion to prevent war, the line splits down the middle of the atlantic portuguel controls the east and spain controls the west the the divide was accepted.
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King Henry sent John Cabot to find the western route to asia.
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Amerigo Vespucci was looking for asia however, being smarter than columbus he realised it wasnt asia it was a new land. named after him, "america"
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Trying to escape his creditors Vasco de Balboa hopped in his ship and headind towards the americas. Balboa fought off the diseases and swamps of death until he reached the "south sea" now known as the pacific ocean.
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Cortes lands on mexican coast
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King Henry asked the pope to annual his marriage. However he was told it would be considered that wasnt good enough for him.
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The dutch became protestants and rebelled against the spanish empire and the english aided the dutch which led to battles apon battles.
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St. Augustine Florida was established and is recognized as the oldest European colony.
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In 1590 an english colony diappered from Roanoke and still remains a mystery.
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in the 1600 fur trapping became very big and beaver fur became very fashionable
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king charles was sentenced to death, the leader of the parliment oliver made the call.
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Samuel de Chaplain helped establish a french colony "Nova Scotia."
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In 1606 England granted the Virgina company permission to establish colonies in virgina.
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A dutch man named Henry Hudson was sent to find a route to asia
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In 1620 enslaved africans arrived in the new Netherlands
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Parliment asked charles ll to be king to restore the royal bloodline
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A group of puritans traveled to the americas to traveled they expected to end up in virginia thay actually landed in cape code.
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3 day harvest becomes thanksgiving between natives and pilgrims.
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Evidence is shown that the first sawmill may have been built in new hampshire.
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BETWEEN 1640 AND 1700 THE POPULATIONS IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES INCREASED.
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william penn a friend of the king recieves land because the king owed his family money
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Charles the second and his advisers were determined to generate wealth for england by regulating trade and expanding the colonies in america.
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parliment passed another act requiring every import to come through england.
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king charles decided that it was finally necessary to seize New Netherland.
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King Louis's plan to expand france on the new land was becoming efficient. he gave bonuses and gift tto those with big families and those who married young.
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the comitte that the king put together was called the lords comissioners of trade and plantations were to oversee colonial trade and advise him about problems
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king charles responds to the defiance of massachusetts.
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King james fled for the throne when war was about to erupt between his army and his protestant daughter.
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20 people were accused of witchury and where executed.
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In the 1600's women that were married had no rights but in the 1700's that changed a bit.
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In 1720-1750 wheat prices more than doubled in the colonies.
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THE AMOUNT OF DISEASE INCREASES
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When Ben Franklin was 16 he was on his own and he basically went from rags to riches!
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George Whitefield Arrives to Town and the great awakening is established.
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75 africans Gathered near Stono River attacked their overseers
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Montesquieu seggestion lead to the 3 political powers Judicial, Legislative, and Executive.
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A triangular trade was established between Europe, North America, and the Carribean
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Philadelphia had over 23,000 people making it the largest colonial city.
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NEW REGULATION OF TAXES PASSED TO THE COLONIES FROM BRITIAN!
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Sam Adams helps John Otis write and send a draft of a Circular Letter.
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Merchants in New York and Boston sigh a nonimportation agreement.
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Roughly 1,000 british troops were sent to America
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1 out of every 3 english ships had been built in america.
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British troops open fired at a group of people and 3 died imediately 2 died later and 6 were wouded.
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The new Prime Minsister decided to help the almost bankrupt company!
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Parliment passed Tea act in 1773
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At night a group of men secretly met up along a boston dock to strike a blow against Britain.
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100,000 germans arrived in the american colonies!
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20 persents of virginias whites and the african slaves join the Baptist Movement.
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VERY LARGE NUMBER OF IMMAGRANTS BEING BROUGHT OVER.
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Petition sent to the king!
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1,500 JEWS LIVED IN THE COLONIES.
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The Continental Congress issued the DOI and declared us the united states of america.
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America and French are now allies.
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British troops capture Savannah, Goergia and return it to british power.
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In the spring, British invaded Virginia
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American and French troops surrounded yorktown.
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Parliment voted for a peace negotiation amongst the BRITTISH AND THE AMERICANS.
