The United States holiday of Thanksgiving is generally understood to be inspired by the harvest feast celebrated by the citizens of Plymouth Colony (later known as pilgrims) and the Native Americans of the Wampanoag Confederacy in the fall of 1621. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1646/thanksgiving-day-a-brief-history/ #History #EuropeanColonizationoftheAmericas #Mourt'sRelation #PlymouthColony

Christopher Jones (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/Christopher_Jones,_Captain_of_the_Mayflower/ #History #ChristopherJones,CaptainoftheMayflower #EuropeanColonizationoftheAmericas #Mayflower

John Winthrop (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/John_Winthrop/ #History #AntinomianControversy #EuropeanColonizationoftheAmericas #JohnWinthrop

The Mayflower is the name of the cargo ship that brought the Puritan separatists (known as pilgrims) to North America in 1620 CE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Mayflower/ #History #ChristopherJones,CaptainoftheMayflower #EdwardWinslow #EuropeanColonizationoftheAmericas

The most important cash crop in Colonial America was tobacco, first cultivated by the English at their Jamestown Colony of Virginia in 1610 CE by the merchant John Rolfe (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1681/tobacco--colonial-american-economy/ #History #EuropeanColonizationoftheAmericas #JamestownColonyofVirginia #JohnRolfe

The Plymouth Colony (1620-1691 CE) was the first English settlement in the region of modern-day New England in the United States, settled by the religious separatists known as the “pilgrims” who crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the Mayflower in 1620 CE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Plymouth_Colony/ #History #ChristopherJones,CaptainoftheMayflower #EdwardWinslow #EuropeanColonizationoftheAmericas

John Winthrop (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/John_Winthrop/ #History #AntinomianControversy #EuropeanColonizationoftheAmericas #JohnWinthrop

The Aztec empire flourished between c. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/916/cortes--the-fall-of-the-aztec-empire/ #History #AztecCivilization #AztecWarfare #EuropeanColonizationoftheAmericas

The most important cash crop in Colonial America was tobacco, first cultivated by the English at their Jamestown Colony of Virginia in 1610 CE by the merchant John Rolfe (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1681/tobacco--colonial-american-economy/ #History #EuropeanColonizationoftheAmericas #JamestownColonyofVirginia #JohnRolfe

Pre-Colonial North America (also known as Pre-Columbian, Prehistoric, and Precontact) is the period between the migration of the Paleo-Indians to the region between 40,000-14,000 years ago and contact between indigenous tribes and European colonists in the 16th century CE which eradicated the Native American culture, replacing it with what became Canada and the United States of America. https://www.worldhistory.org/Pre-Colonial_North_America/ #History #Cahokia #EuropeanColonizationoftheAmericas #MississippianCulture

New English Canaan is a three-volume work of history, natural history, satire, and poetry by the lawyer and New England colonist Thomas Morton (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/New_English_Canaan/ #History #EuropeanColonizationoftheAmericas #MerrymountColony #NewEnglishCanaan

Christopher Columbus (l. 1451-1506 CE, also known as Cristoffa Corombo in Ligurian and Cristoforo Colombo in Italian) was a Genoese explorer (identified as Italian) who became famous in his own time as the man who discovered the New World and, since the 19th century CE, is credited with the discovery of North America, specifically the region comprising the United States.
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The European colonization of the Americas was the process by which European settlers populated the regions of North, Central, South America, and the islands of the Caribbean. It is also recognized as the direct cause for the cultures of the various indigenous people of those regions being replaced and often eradicated.
https://www.worldhistory.org/European_Colonization_of_the_Americas/ #ChristopherColumbus #EuropeanColonizationoftheAmericas #FrancisDrake

John Winthrop (l. c. 1588-1649 CE) was an English lawyer best known as the Puritan leader of the first large wave of the Great Migration of Puritans from England to North America in 1630 CE and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (founded in 1628 CE) which they settled and expanded upon, and the founder of the city of Boston. Winthrop is also known for the conflicts between his government ...https://www.worldhistory.org/John_Winthrop/ #AntinomianControversy #EuropeanColonizationoftheAmericas #JohnWinthrop

The New England Colonies were the settlements established by English religious dissenters along the coast of the north-east of North America between 1620-1640 CE. The original colonies were:
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