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At the end of the first wave a new wave of European colonization took shape and is known as the period of New Imperialism, which started in the late 19th-century and primarily focused on Africa and Asia, which is congruent with the period of classical modernity. Both periods are considered as the establishing periods of globalization and modernity
Throughout this period, France maintained the small North American territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon off the coast of the island of Newfoundland. [1] From independence, the United States expanded rapidly to the west, acquiring the massive Louisiana territory in 1803 and fighting a war with Mexico to push west to the Pacific. At the same ...
[citation needed] On 3 July 1754, the French, aided by Native American tribes, took their revenge at the Battle of Fort Necessity. Heavy rain prevented the British from seeing the terrain and defending themselves against their attackers. Eventually they capitulated, granting victory to the French. [citation needed]
[3] 1775 – March: "Give me liberty or give me death!" speech. [3] March–April: Parliament passes the Restraining Acts. April: Battles of Lexington and Concord. [3] May: Second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia. [3] August: Proclamation of Rebellion. 1776 – January: Publication of Common Sense. [3] April: American ports opened to ...
ISBN 978-0-375-40642-3. Anderson, Fred (2005). The War that Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War. New York: Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-03454-3. – Released in conjunction with the 2006 PBS miniseries The War that Made America. Brumwell, Stephen (2006). Redcoats: The British Soldier and War in the Americas, 1755–1763 ...
1754: King's College is founded by a royal charter of George II of Great Britain. [15] 1754–1763: The French and Indian War, the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War, is fought in colonial North America, mostly by the French and their allies against the English and their allies. 1755: The Lisbon earthquake occurs.
Before the colonial period, the islands were inhabited at different times by the Arawak, Ciboney, and Kalinago peoples. Europeans first encountered the islands during Columbus' second voyage . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Over the next century, settlers from across western Europe laid claim to the land and the majority of Indigenous peoples either perished or ...
1754 1754 [11] 1754 1758 [12] Church of England with a commitment to "religious liberty." [13] Yes College of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania) Province of Pennsylvania: 1740 (college) [nb 4] 1755 [18] 1755 1757 Church of England but officially nonsectarian [19] [nb 5] Yes College of Rhode Island [24] (Brown University)