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US history

Colonial America (1607-1754)

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Early colonization projects
Colonial North America
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French and Dutch exploration in the New World
Introduction to English settlement in the New World
England in the Age of Exploration
Motivations for English colonization
The Lost Colony of Roanoke - background and first attempts
The Lost Colony of Roanoke - settlement and disappearance
Early English settlements - Jamestown
Jamestown - John Smith and Pocahontas
Jamestown - the impact of tobacco
Jamestown - life and labor in the Chesapeake
Jamestown - Bacon's Rebellion
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Early colonization projects
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Charles II and the English empire in North America
Puritan New England: Plymouth
Puritan New England: Massachusetts Bay
The Navigation Acts
Slavery in the English colonies
The Enlightenment
The Great Awakening
The consumer revolution
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Colonial North America
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