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Colonization efforts in North America Prior to 1763
In 1492, Christopher Columbus set out of a journey from Spain to what he thought was India. Little did he know that he would be one of the first Europeans in the “New World.” In 1607, on a voyage led by Captain Christopher Newport, the first English colony in America was established in Jamestown, Virginia. In the years until 1763, each country left its mark on the “New World,” establishing new colonies…
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