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Presentation U.S. History Primary Source Timeline Colonial Settlement, 1600s - 1763 Overview When the London Company sent out its first expedition to begin colonizing Virginia on December 20, 1606, it was by no means the first European attempt to exploit North America.
- The English Establish a Foothold at Jamestown, 1606-1610
Within that collection are two essential sources: Captain...
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Rather, interest in North America was a halting, yet global,...
- The English Establish a Foothold at Jamestown, 1606-1610
Download. XML. SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH HISTORIANS OF AMERICA. Download. XML. INDEX. Download. XML. In this series of provocative essays, nine specialists in early American history examine some of the more important aspects of the seventeenth-century colonial ...
At the start of the seventeenth century, the English had not established a permanent settlement in the Americas. Over the next century, however, they outpaced their rivals. The English encouraged emigration far more than the Spanish, French, or Dutch. They established nearly a dozen colonies, sending swarms of immigrants to populate the land.
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American colonies, also called thirteen colonies or colonial America, The 13 British colonies established during the 17th and early 18th centuries in what is now the eastern U.S. The colonies grew both geographically along the Atlantic coast and westward and numerically to 13 from the time of their founding to the American Revolution (1775–81). The...
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An abundance of publications titled "The Present State of [colony name]" appeared in our colonial history. Some disappeared from notice after one printing, while others went through multiple printings and are often cited today. One of the latter is Robert Beverley's The History and Present State of Virginia (1705). Son of a prominent Virginia ...
In Chapter 4, the authors analyze the internal makeup of colonial society to show more clearly how certain forces interacted to create the unique American society. In the first section of the chapter, “Population Growth and Ethnic Diversity,” we note the reasons behind the dramatic population growth in the colonies in the eighteenth century.
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Summary. “Race,” as a concept denoting a fundamental division of humanity and usually encompassing cultural as well as physical traits, was crucial in early America. It provided the foundation for the colonization of Native land, the enslavement of American Indians and Africans, and a common identity among socially unequal and ethnically ...
