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| 1583 | Sir Humphrey Gilbert attempts to establish an English colony in Newfoundland, but he and his ships are lost at sea on the return voyage |
| 1584 | Sir Walter Raleigh explores Atlantic coast and claims Virgnia territory for England |
| 1585-1590 | Establishment and disappearance of colony on Roanoke Island |
| 1588 | English Navy defeats Spanish Armada, revealing that Spain is too weak to maintian its interests in America for long |
| 1607 | London Company establishes colony of Jamestown near Chesapeake Bay |
| 1619 | 20 American slaves brought to the Chesapeake colony become the first American to come to North America |
| 1620 | mayflower reahes Cape Cod Bay; Pilgrims, religious separatists, settle Plymouth Colony; sign mayflower Compact |
| 1629 | Puritans found massachusetts Bay Colony by royal charter` |
| 1632 | Lord Baltimore establishes colony on the Chesapeake; named Maryland in 1632 by his son on his death |
| 1636 | Roger Williams Establishes the Colony of Providence, Rhode Island |
| 1638 | Religious dissenters foudn colony of Connecticut |
| 1700s | African slave trade is established |
| galleon | ship used for trade or war during and after the Age of Exploration |
| joint-stock company | a group of people who invest money in a venture, agreeing to share the profits or loose equally |
| Mayflower Compact | an agreemtn that plymouth woiuld govern itself by majority rule fo male church members |
| Pilgrims | first major puritans sect to leave England for the Americas |
| Plantation | a large farm usually concentrating on only one crop, such as rice, cotton, or tobacco |
| Protestant Reformation | a widespread sixteenth-century protest against and departure from the Catholic Church sparked by Martin Luther; led to the establishment of various rival Christian churches |
| Puritans | Protestants who felt that the Reformation did not go far enough in correcting and eliminating the abuses of Catholic tradition |
| Republican | form of government in which citizens elect representatives who make the laws |
| Spanish Armada | naem for the naval fleet of Spain or for the 1588 naval battle in which England defeated Spain |
| theocracy | politica rule by a church |
| Charter of 1606 | Issued by King James I, licensing the Plymouth Company to settle the coast from Maine to Virginia and the London Company to do the same from New York to South Carolina |
| Squanto | Liason between Native Americans, Wampanoag tribles, and colonists |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | the first formal constitution of any colonial government in Northern America |
| Roger Williams | established the colony of Providence, Rhode Island in 1636, beieved in separation fo church and state |
