Beginning with Christopher Columbus and later with Juan Ponce de Leon who explored Florida. Left a notable influence in the New World, especially in Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
Not all Africans who came to America were slaves; a few came even in the 17th century as free men, sailors working on ships. In the early colonial years, some Africans came as indentured servants who were freed after a set period of years, as did many of the immigrants from the Britain. Such servants became free when they completed their term of indenture.
Colonization of the Americas began in the 16th century, and established
a colonial empire in much of eastern North America, on a number of Caribbean islands, and in South America. Most colonies were developed to export products such as fish, rice, sugar, and furs. Established forts and settlements that would become cities such as Detroit, St. Louis, Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
One of the distinct regions of the English colonies that included: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island: The practice of religion, especially Puritanism remained important in New England.
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia were well suited to growing cash crops. Settlers came from England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Became the hub of a major Quaker settlement with local Quakers founding schools, hospitals, almshouses and other institutions for the education and welfare of the population.
A theory that holds that a country builds wealth and power by building its supplies of
gold and silver. To achieve this goal, a country must export more than it imports. A
country must also seek colonies which could supply raw materials and serve as a
market for its exports.
Argued that all people have natural rights, including life, liberty, and property. He said that people automatically gain these rights when they are born and it is the government's responsibility to protect these rights.
A famous early colonist of the Massachusetts Colony who was banished from Boston in 1637 for her religious beliefs (faith over works). She and several of her followers fled to the Rhode Island Colony.
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