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Settlers from the Netherlands set up the New Amsterdam colony in what would later become New York, but soon gave up their territory to England. France established colonies in what is now Canada and the Louisiana Territory, which makes up a large portion of modern-day United States. Thirteen ...
Maryland colonyMap of Maryland colony. Great Britain made its first tentative efforts to establish overseas settlements in the 16th century. Maritime expansion, driven by commercial ambitions and by competition withFrance, accelerated in the 17th century and resulted in the establishment of settlements ...
York,Pennsylvania,Delaware,New Jersey,Maryland,Virginia,North Carolina,South Carolina, andGeorgia. Britannica Quiz The History of Slavery in North America Quiz In a short time the colonists pushed from theTidewaterstrip toward theAppalachiansand finally crossed the mountains by theCumberland GapandOhio ...
In 1632, the English crown granted about 12 million acres of land at the top of the Chesapeake Bay to Cecilius Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore. This colony, namedMarylandafter the queen, was similar to Virginia in many ways. Its landowners produced tobacco on large plantations that depended...
The penal colony of Cayenne, commonly known as Devil's Island, was a French penal colony that operated for 100 years, from 1852 to 1952, and officially closed in 1953, in the Salvation Islands of French Guiana.Map Directions Satellite Photo Map...
1641: Massachusetts became the first British colony to legally recognize slavery through the Body of Liberties. 1660s: Legal recognition and codification of slavery began to take shape in other colonies, such as Maryland and Virginia, solidifying the status of Africans and their descendants as slaves...
The penal colony of Cayenne, commonly known as Devil's Island, was a French penal colony that operated for 100 years, from 1852 to 1952, and officially closed in 1953, in the Salvation Islands of French Guiana.Map Directions Satellite Photo Map...
Clarksburg is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in northern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Clarksburg is situated 6 km north of Germantown.Boyds Hamlet Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0. Boyds is an unincorporated community in rural Montgomery County, Maryland, United States...
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