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Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) An agreement between Portugal and Spain which declared that newly disco

TreatyofTordesillas(1494) AnagreementbetweenPortugalandSpainwhichdeclaredthatnewlydiscovered landstothewestofanimaginarylineintheAtlanticOceanwouldbelongtoSpain andnewlydiscoveredlandstotheeastofthelinewouldbelongtoPortugal. St.Augustine(1565) TheoldestcontinuallyinhabitedEuropeansettlementinUnitedStatesterritory. Mercantilism Europeangovernmentpoliciesofthe16th-18thcenturiesdesignedtopromote overseastradebetweenacountry&itscoloniesandaccumulatepreciousmetalsby requiringcoloniestotradeonlywiththeirmotherlandcountry. NewAmsterdam AsettlementestablishedbytheDutchnearthemouthofHudsonRiverandthe southernendofManhattanIsland.AnnexedbytheEnglishin1664. NewFrance(1608) AFrenchcolonyinNorthAmerica.FelltotheBritishin1763. TreatyofUtrecht(1713) EndedtheWarofSpanishSuccession&recognizedFrance'sPhilipVasKindof Spain,butprohibitedtheunificationoftheFrenchandSpanishmonarchies;gave EnglandprofitablelandsinNorthAmericafromFrance. Jamestown(1607) FirstpermanentEnglishsettlementintheNewWorldlocatedinVirginiaonthe ChesapeakeBay/JamesRiver;settledbytheVirginiaCompanyofLondon. History: Originalsettlerssufferedfromdisease(especiallymalaria),internalstrife,& starvation. Leaders: