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American Beginnings;A New Land;;Europe in the 16th and 17th Centuries;;;;Settlements in America;The settlement in Virginia;Pocahontas ;Jamestown Island offered a favorable strategic defensive position against other European forces which might approach by water. it was not inhabited by the local Virginia Indians. However, the colonists soon discovered that the swampy and isolated site was plagued by mosquitoes, contained foul tidal water, and offered limited opportunities for hunting and little space for farming.;John Rolfe experimented with West Indian Tobacco which brought financial success His marriage with the Indian Princess led to a temporary peace between whites and Indians.;Two important events in 1619;Puritan New England; The modern Thanksgiving holiday traces its origins from a 1621 celebration at the Plymouth Plantation ;Puritanism ;Basic Puritan Beliefs ;Difference between Puritans and Catholics;The changing Puritanism;Manifest Destiny;Salem Witchcraft Trials (1692);Catholic Maryland;Maryland colony;Quaker Pennsylvania;William Penn;The American Revolution;The first shot on April 19, 1775. The Second Continental Congress in May, 1775 (George Washington) Declaration of Independence in 1776 Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.;;;/playlist/p/l3479750.html独立战争;