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*'''1585:''' First English settlement in American established at [http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/25/entry Roanoke Island, North Carolina]. | *'''1585:''' First English settlement in American established at [http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/25/entry Roanoke Island, North Carolina]. | ||
*'''1565:''' St. Augustine, Florida, the first town established by Europeans in America is founded by the Spanish. Later burned by the English in 1586. <ref> George Rainsford Fairbanks, Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Solomon Alofsen, ''The history and antiquities of the city of St. Augustine, Florida, founded A.D. 1565''. Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, Huntington Free Library. Published by C.B. Norton, 1858. Original from Oxford University. Digitized Dec 6, 2006. 200 pages. Full text can be found at [http://books.google.com/books?id=SHsFAAAAQAAJ Google Books]</ref> | *'''1565:''' St. Augustine, Florida, the first town established by Europeans in America is founded by the Spanish. Later burned by the English in 1586. <ref> George Rainsford Fairbanks, Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Solomon Alofsen, ''The history and antiquities of the city of St. Augustine, Florida, founded A.D. 1565''. Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, Huntington Free Library. Published by C.B. Norton, 1858. Original from Oxford University. Digitized Dec 6, 2006. 200 pages. Full text can be found at [http://books.google.com/books?id=SHsFAAAAQAAJ Google Books]</ref> | ||
*'''1588:''' In Europe, the defeat of the | *'''1588:''' In Europe, the defeat of the [http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/defeat_of_the_armada.htm Spanish Armada] by the English results in Great Britain replacing Spain as the dominant world power and leads to a gradual decline of Spanish influence in the New World and the widening of English imperial interests. | ||
*'''1600:''' [http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/origins/index.html Many nations] turn their interests towards this developing country. | *'''1600:''' [http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/origins/index.html Many nations] turn their interests towards this developing country. | ||
*'''1606:''' King James I granted a charter to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Company Virginia Company] to establish a colony in America. | *'''1606:''' King James I granted a charter to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Company Virginia Company] to establish a colony in America. | ||