1. Building a new nation. The road to Independence
The beginnings of British colonization. A few landmarks
The characteristics of the first colonies
The political inheritance. Colonial government in the long view
From Empire to Independence, the emergence of an American culture
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2. The beginnings of British colonization. A few landmarks
: A first attempt at colonization in present-day NC (the lost colony of Ranoake), Sir Walter Raleigh.
1607: First permanent settlement in present-day Virginia (Jamestown). Captain John Smith.
1620: Second major settlement, Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts).
1630 onward: The puritan “wave” of immigration in present-day New England (Massachusetts)
s : Settlement of the Middle colonies: (New Amsterdam -> 1664)
1650s -> 1700: Settlement of the Southern colonies
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