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    Colonization in The New Continent

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    The first permanent European settlement in what became the United States was established by the Spanish in St. Augustine, Florida in the mid-1500s. However, other settlements farther north along the Atlantic coast, including those in Virginia, Massachusetts, New York, and 10 other colonies, played a larger role in the formation of the new nation. The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 divided control of newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal, inadvertently placing Brazil under Portuguese control. By 1690, the North American colonial population had grown to 250,000, and less than 100 years later it was over 2.5 million, as English, Dutch, Swedish, German, French, Scottish, and Irish settlers arrived for various reasons

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    The first permanent European settlement in what became the United States was established by the Spanish in St. Augustine, Florida in the mid-1500s. However, other settlements farther north along the Atlantic coast, including those in Virginia, Massachusetts, New York, and 10 other colonies, played a larger role in the formation of the new nation. The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 divided control of newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal, inadvertently placing Brazil under Portuguese control. By 1690, the North American colonial population had grown to 250,000, and less than 100 years later it was over 2.5 million, as English, Dutch, Swedish, German, French, Scottish, and Irish settlers arrived for various reasons

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    The first permanent European settlement in what became the United States was established by the Spanish in St. Augustine, Florida in the mid-1500s. However, other settlements farther north along the Atlantic coast, including those in Virginia, Massachusetts, New York, and 10 other colonies, played a larger role in the formation of the new nation. The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 divided control of newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal, inadvertently placing Brazil under Portuguese control. By 1690, the North American colonial population had grown to 250,000, and less than 100 years later it was over 2.5 million, as English, Dutch, Swedish, German, French, Scottish, and Irish settlers arrived for various reasons

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    Colonization in the New Continent

    The first permanent European settlement in what was to become the United States was established by
    the Spanish in the middle 1500s at St. Augustine in Florida. However, it would not play a part in the
    formation of the new nation. That story took place in settlements farther north along the Atlantic coast
    in Virginia, Massachusetts, New York, and the 10 other areas colonized by a growing tide of immigrants
    from Europe.

    Treaty of Tordesillas

    Columbus returned from his first voyage, they persuaded Pope Alexander VI to issue an edict giving
    Spain all lands west of an imaginary line through the Atlantic. Portugal was not satisfied. Through the
    Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), the two countries agreed to move the line further west and give Portugal
    exclusive right to the territory to the east. Although the result of the shift was unknown at the time, the
    change put the eastern quarter of South America (Brazil) in the Portuguese sphere.

    Colonial Period

    Most settlers who came to the British colonies in the 1600s were English. Others came from The
    Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, France, and later from Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some left their
    homelands to escape war, political oppression, religious persecution, or a prison sentence. Some left as
    servants who expected to work their way to freedom. Black Africans were sold into slavery and arrived
    in shackles.

    By 1690, the population was 250,000. Less than 100 years later, it had climbed to 2.5 million. The
    settlers had many different reasons for coming to America, and eventually 13 distinct colonies
    developed here. Differences among the three regional groupings of colonies were even more marked.

    Causes of Colonization

    1. Improvement in Technology: In Europe, there occurred a rebirth of classical learning. Columbus


    and other navigators lived in the time when the creativity was vitally at the peak and navigator
    and mariners were being financed to find out the shortest and safest routes to Asia. Europeans
    were improving in technology from gun powder to the sailing compass. There were also major
    improvements in ship building and map makings.
    2. Renaissance in Europe: 1400 AD onwards is considered that to be the rising time of Europeans
    after the Dark Age which was 200 to 1200 AD. The Europeans now were making progress in
    every field of life and were keenly involve in learning and exploring. The technology of printing
    press after 1450 also spread the knowledge across Europe which played a very important role in
    educating the common man in Europe.
    3. Religious Conflicts in Europe: The later years of renaissance were a time of religious zeal and
    conflict in Europe. The dominant Roman Catholic culture was threatened by Othman empire
    while the 35 37 Protestants revolted against the popeës authorities in Rome led to a series of
    war between Protestants and Catholic Christians. The reforms by Protestants were known as
    Protestants Reformation.
    4. Expanding trade: Roots to Asia were blocked after Othman had taken over the city of
    Constantinople in 1453. Europe were dependant on Asian for trade, herbs and agriculture
    therefore they were in extensive need to find any other route to Asia.

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