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The colonies grew from [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/300134/Jamestown-Colony/247836/Origins-1606-07 Jamestown] with the English at Chesapeake Bay to Quebec with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonization_of_the_Americas French]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/02/AR2006090201097.html African slaves] were brought into Jamestown. The [http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/travel/kingston/colonization.htm Dutch] settled in New York and other areas. European colonization of North America (the "new world") was an intrusion of terrain controlled and established for centuries by [http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/native-americans-in-the-united-states/european-colonization.html Native Americans]. With the interactions of this melting pot of diverse people began the complex process of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_colonization_of_the_Americas European colonization] in the western hemisphere. | The colonies grew from [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/300134/Jamestown-Colony/247836/Origins-1606-07 Jamestown] with the English at Chesapeake Bay to Quebec with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonization_of_the_Americas French]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/02/AR2006090201097.html African slaves] were brought into Jamestown. The [http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/travel/kingston/colonization.htm Dutch] settled in New York and other areas. European colonization of North America (the "new world") was an intrusion of terrain controlled and established for centuries by [http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/native-americans-in-the-united-states/european-colonization.html Native Americans]. With the interactions of this melting pot of diverse people began the complex process of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_colonization_of_the_Americas European colonization] in the western hemisphere. | ||
*'''1607 - 1763:''' The [[Colonial Wars, 1607 to 1763|Colonial Wars]] page offers information about the wars fought between 1607 to 1763. | *'''1607 - 1763:''' The [[Colonial Wars, 1607 to 1763|Colonial Wars]] page offers information about the wars fought between 1607 to 1763. | ||
*'''1607:''' [http://www.nationalcenter.org/SettlementofJamestown.html Jamestown, Virginia], the first English settlement in North America, is founded by [http://www.apva.org/history/jsmith.html Captain John Smith] and English gold seekers | *'''1607:''' [http://www.nationalcenter.org/SettlementofJamestown.html Jamestown, Virginia], the first English settlement in North America, is founded by [http://www.apva.org/history/jsmith.html Captain John Smith] and English gold seekers. <ref> [http://www.apva.org/resource/jjrc/index.html The Journal of the Jamestown Rediscovery Center] has a full text of several volumes by various authors. </ref> | ||
*'''1609:''' [http://www.hrmm.org/halfmoon/halfmoon.htm Henry Hudson] sails into New York Harbor, explores Hudson River. Spaniards settle [http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=1447 Santa Fe, New Mexico]. | *'''1609:''' [http://www.hrmm.org/halfmoon/halfmoon.htm Henry Hudson] sails into New York Harbor, explores Hudson River. Spaniards settle [http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=1447 Santa Fe, New Mexico]. | ||
*'''1614:''' [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/nnd.html Dutch] claim New Netherland. | *'''1614:''' [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/nnd.html Dutch] claim New Netherland. | ||