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Sir Francis Drake |
English navigator who became the second sailor to circumulate the globe. He was famous for raiding spanish ship. |
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Puritan |
a group of protestant who lived by a stirct moral code, they left England in search of religious freedom. |
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The Mayflower Compact |
a set of laws created by the pilgrims who settled at Plymith Rock. It was the first constitution in North Carolina |
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Sir Walter Raiegn |
England explorer of the 16th and 17th centuries from whom the capital of North Carolina named. |
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Old World |
The eastern hemisphere, especially Europe. The opposite of Americas in the 16th and 17th centuries. |
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New World |
Name give to the America's during the time of European and colonization. |
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Fracisco Coranade |
a 16th century spanish explorer who was the first European to discover Grand Canyon. |
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13 colonies |
The original United States: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Mayland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennslyvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia. |
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King George III |
Leader of England during the American Revolution war. He was blamed for loss of 13 colonies. |
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