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1、TreatyofTordesillas(1494)AnagreementbetweenPortugalandSpainwhichdeclaredthatnewlydiscoveredlandstothewestofanimaginarylineintheAtlanticOceanwouldbelongtoSpainandnewlydiscoveredlandstotheeastofthelinewouldbelongtoPortugal.StarthistermYoucanstudystarredtermstogetherSt.Augustine(1565)Theoldestcont

2、inuallyinhabitedEuropeansettlementinUnitedStatesterritory.PlayaudioforthistermMercantilismEuropeangovernmentpoliciesofthe16th-18thcenturiesdesignedtopromoteoverseastradebetweenacountry&itscoloniesandaccumulatepreciousmetalsbyrequiringcoloniestotradeonlywiththeirmotherlandcountry.NewAmsterdamAse

3、ttlementestablishedbytheDutchnearthemouthofHudsonRiverandthesouthernendofManhattanIsland.AnnexedbytheEnglishin1664.NewFrance(1608)AFrenchcolonyinNorthAmerica.FelltotheBritishin1763.TreatyofUtrecht(1713)EndedtheWarofSpanishSuccession&recognizedFrance'sPhilipVasKindofSpain,butprohibitedtheunifica

4、tionoftheFrenchandSpanishmonarchies;gaveEnglandprofitablelandsinNorthAmericafromFrance.Jamestown(1607)FirstpermanentEnglishsettlementintheNewWorldlocatedinVirginiaontheChesapeakeBay/JamesRiver;settledbytheVirginiaCompanyofLondon.History:Originalsettlerssufferedfromdisease(especiallymalaria),int

5、ernalstrife,&starvation.Leaders:JohnSmith-Demandedthat"Hewhodoesnotwork,willnoteat."JohnRolfe-Introducedtobaccotothecolony.Bacon'sRebellion(1676)RebellionofdiscontentformerlandlessservantsledbyNathanielBacon.HistoricalSignificance:LedtoamovefromindenturedservantstoAfricanslavesforlaborpurpos

6、es.Plymouth(1620)ThefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementinNewEngland;establishedbyreligiousseparatistsseekingautonomyfromthechurchofEngland.PilgrimsGroupofPuritanseparatistswhoestablishedPlymouthColonyinMassachusettstoseekreligiousfreedomafterhavinglivedbrieflyintheNetherlands.Massachusetts

7、BayColony(1630)HometomanyPuritanswholeftEnglandbecauseofthepersecutiontheyfacedfromtheAnglicanChurch.History:Developedintoatheocracyinwhichthechurchwascentraltoalldecisions;becamethefirstEnglishcolonytoestablishthebasisforareprese