Geography: 13 Colonies

​Sent by Spain to sear for way to get to Asia for trade

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​Finds "Indies" (Caribbean) and calls then Indians.

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​Sets path for future explorers

The 13 colonies were in America were controlled by Britain. In order to expand the British Empire against the Spanish rival, Queen Elizabeth of England established colonies in North America. Each colony was founded under different circumstances. Many were established after escaping religious persecution in Europe.

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia

Noun

1.a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.

Noun

1. a person who settles in a new country or area.

Noun

1. the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.

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a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.

Noun

1 . shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.

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a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.

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the state or fact of being diverse; a difference; unlikeness:

The 13 British colonies in which they arrived were different in a variety of ways. Congregational churches dominated New England, while Anglicans were prevalent in Virginia.

Noun

an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.

Noun

an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid.

Verb

to object to something

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information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.

Verb

to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion:

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a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands.