colonial America
Pre-independence British settlements
Colonial America refers to the period and territory of European settlement in North America before American independence, roughly 1607 to 1776.
The term usually centers on the thirteen British colonies that became the United States, though it can include French, Spanish, and Dutch settlements.
Colonial America was shaped by slavery, religious dissent, and conflict with indigenous peoples.
- Mayflower1620 colonial transport vessel
- PuritansEnglish Protestant reformers
- witch trialsLegal proceedings against alleged sorcerers
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
- JamestownFirst permanent English settlement
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- American HistoryAmerican Revolution, Revolutionary War, founding fathers, Declaration of Independence, George Washington
- Americas HistoryAmerican Revolution, Aztec Empire, colonization, Columbus, conquistadors
- US HistoryAmerican Revolution, US history, Civil War, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- colonialismcolonization, colonizer, colonies, British Empire, colonizers