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''[[United States| | ''[[United States|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[United States History]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Discovery and Exploration 1492-1607''' | ||
=== The New World === | === The New World === | ||
In 1564 the French Protestants [http://www.geocities.com/hugenoteblad/hist-hug.htm (Huguenots)] attempted to colonize North America, building a colony nearby the modern day Jacksonville, Florida. The Spanish had already staked claim in that locality and soon [http://blogs.cbn.com/ChurchWatch/archive/2008/07/02/444-years-the-huguenot-christians-in-america.aspx rid the area of the French] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Company The London Company] sent out explorers in 1606. <ref>Summers, Lewis Preston Summer. ''History of Southwest Virginia 1746-1786, Washington County 1777-1870'' Edition: illustrated. Published by The Overmountain Press, 1989. ISBN 0932807437, 9780932807434. 921 pages; page 12. Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=0BtTC2FnOkAC Google Books] </ref>Prior to this the [http://search.ezilon.com/about-North-America.htm Basque], English and French fishing fleets were frequenting the coasts from Cape Cod to Newfoundland. | [[Image:Ships in Columbus' time.jpg|thumb|right|250px]] In 1564 the French Protestants [http://www.geocities.com/hugenoteblad/hist-hug.htm (Huguenots)] attempted to colonize North America, building a colony nearby the modern day Jacksonville, Florida. The Spanish had already staked claim in that locality and soon [http://blogs.cbn.com/ChurchWatch/archive/2008/07/02/444-years-the-huguenot-christians-in-america.aspx rid the area of the French] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Company The London Company] sent out explorers in 1606. <ref>Summers, Lewis Preston Summer. ''History of Southwest Virginia 1746-1786, Washington County 1777-1870'' Edition: illustrated. Published by The Overmountain Press, 1989. ISBN 0932807437, 9780932807434. 921 pages; page 12. Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=0BtTC2FnOkAC Google Books] </ref>Prior to this the [http://search.ezilon.com/about-North-America.htm Basque], English and French fishing fleets were frequenting the coasts from Cape Cod to Newfoundland. | ||
== Timeline == | == Timeline == | ||
*'''1492:''' [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/columbus_christopher.shtml Christopher Columbus] sails across the Atlantic Ocean and reaches an island in the Bahamas in the Caribbean Sea. | *'''1492:''' [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/columbus_christopher.shtml Christopher Columbus] sails across the Atlantic Ocean and reaches an island in the Bahamas in the Caribbean Sea. | ||
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*'''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. | ||
== Websites == | == Websites == | ||
*[http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/origins/index.html American Origins] 1600 to 1900 presentation by the Smithsonian. | *[http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/origins/index.html American Origins] 1600 to 1900 presentation by the Smithsonian. | ||
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*[http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/London_Company The London Company] was set up with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America. | *[http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/London_Company The London Company] was set up with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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[[Category:United_States_History|1492-1607]] | [[Category:United_States_History|1492-1607]] | ||