Exploration and Jamestown

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Who explored the world for Spain, seeking glory, and contributed to making Spain the wealthiest nation in Europe throughout the 1500s?

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Conquistadores

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Who was the first explorer to reach the tip of the American continent and named it the Cape of Good Hope in 1488?

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Bartholomew Dias

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Who explored what he called "the new world" and was the first to popularize the idea that America was a separate continent?

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Amerigo Vespucci

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First to sail around the tip of Africa and reach India. He discovered enough spice and goods to cover the cost of the trip sixty times over.

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Vasco da Gama

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Who believed India could be reached by sea from the west and reached the Bahamas and other Caribbean islands believing he had reached the islands of Asia?

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Christopher Columbus

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a company founded to establish an English trade colony in lands discovered by Raleigh, now called Virginia. -It was governed by a president who, in 1606, was appointed by the King James I. - The king declared that all inhabitants of the colony will have the same rights as English born citizens.

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Virginia Company of London

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A drought reduced the amount of available corn and chief Powhatan declared he would no longer share with the English and he moved their camp. - The colonist population had grown to over 400 but they still focused on looking for gold rather than planting their own crops. - Only 60 colonists survived.

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The Starving Time

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A fresh shipment of colonists arrived and began a brutal military campaign against the natives. The war continued until a peace settlement was made offering Pocahontas in marriage to colonist John Rolfe.

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First Anglo - Powhatan War

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forming an Empire by conquering new lands. European nations soon fought to have the most numerous colonies.

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Imperialism

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What was the first permanent English colony in the new world, run by the Virginia company of London, located on the James River, easy to defend but prone to disease, with only 32 of the initial 105 settlers surviving?

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Jamestown (1607)