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Middle Colonies 1632–82
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Middle Colonies 1632–82
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From 1613, the future provinces of New York, New Jersey and Delaware were largely Dutch possessions centred on New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. A Swedish attempt to seize control of the Delaware River was ended by the Dutch in 1655, only for the British to take over all the Dutch... More
Mississippi Territory and Florida 1798–1818
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Mississippi Territory and Florida 1798–1818
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In April 1798 Congress created the Mississippi Territory, which lay to the east of the Mississippi River. It was established on the 31st parallel and created a boundary line between Spanish Florida and the United States. In 1804, its northern boundary was extended to the Tennessee River and in 1812,... More
Natal and Zululand 1879
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Natal and Zululand 1879
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Britain agreed a border with Portuguese East Africa in 1875, and then accomplished the annexation, apparently painlessly, of Boer Transvaal in 1877. Now, the bullish British High Commissioner, Henry Bartle Frere, felt ready to move on the last major independent native kingdom: Zululand. Fomenting a dispute, British forces invaded in... More
Native American Land Cessions 1783–1814
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Native American Land Cessions 1783–1814
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Between 1783–90, the US government ended the colonial practice of negotiating treaties with the Indians to acquire their land, instead they simply occupied Native American lands and any resistance was met by military force. In 1790, the federal government, alarmed by the violent opposition to their land grabs, revived the... More
Native American Resistance 1785–1842
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Native American Resistance 1785–1842
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Having been ceded western territory under the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the newly independent America doubled in size. It established settlements east of the Mississippi, south of the Great Lakes and into the Gulf coastal plains. This generated competition for land, much of it Native American, and ensured continuing... More
New Amsterdam c. 1660
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New Amsterdam c. 1660
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The Dutch first arrived in the territory they would christen New Netherland in 1609. Over the next few years they surveyed and laid claim to a broad swathe of the coastline, its primary attraction initially being to source beaver fur. The first settlements were established on the Delaware and Hudson... More
New England 1621–82
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New England 1621–82
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The Mayflower pilgrims formed the first New England settlement at Plymouth in 1620. The colonists were strict Puritans, as were the founders of the Plymouth Colony in 1630. The doctrinaire nature of Puritan religious practice led to the formation of new colonies by settlers seeking greater religious freedom. Roger Williams,... More
New France and Colonial North America 1645
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New France and Colonial North America 1645
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Following early French colonization attempts at Tadoussac, Saint-Croix island (Maine) and Port Royal (Nova Scotia), the French colonization of America really began with the foundation of Quebec in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain. Sieur de Laviolette founded Trois Rivières in 1634 and eight years later Paul de Chomedey founded Fort... More
New France and Colonial North America c. 1700
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New France and Colonial North America c. 1700
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In 1663 King Louis XIV decided to make New France a royal province with a governor and ceremonial head of state, which meant cancelling the charter of the Company of New France, which had organized the colonization of North America up to this point. A regiment of soldiers sent from... More
New France c. 1750
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New France c. 1750
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The vast territory of New France was divided into Pays d’en Haut, Hudson’s Bay, Acadia and Newfoundland. By the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, mainland Acadia, Newfoundland and Hudson’s Bay were ceded to Britain, but France established the new colony of Ile Royale. Throughout its existence, New France would be lightly... More
New France in 1720
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New France in 1720
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By 1712 New France had reached its territorial peak, comprising five colonies: Canada, Hudson’s Bay, Acadia, Newfoundland and Louisiana. North America was dominated by France and Britain. After the French and British had negotiated the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), France relinquished its claims to Acadia, Hudson Bay and Newfoundland to... More
New Netherland 1614–64
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New Netherland 1614–64
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After the English explorer Henry Hudson discovered the river that bears his name in 1609, the Dutch followed up on his favourable reports with surveying expeditions of the adjacent coastline. The colony of New Netherland’s primary economic purpose was fur-trading, and its first permanent establishment, Fort Nassau, was well upriver... More