New York was at first a Dutch colony that was being settled in as early as 1614, but that wouldn’t be their colony for long. Sir Robert Carr kicked the Dutch out of the Delaware and New Jersey regions, and…
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History Lesson 149: New York, Pennysalvania, and Georgia
New York was a Dutch settlement, and New Jersey was part of that settlement, collectively known as New Netherlands. The Dutch began settlements in that area as early as 1614, but officially began in 1624. In 1626, Peter Munuit bought…
The banks of North Carolina were the first settlement attempts in the New World by Europe. The settlements attempts were on the island of Roanoke. Both attempts at settlements in afore mentioned island were complete utter failures. In 1653, Virginia…
Sir Walter Raleigh is one of the most famous men during the Elizabethan Era. He had done many things, having been a writer, soldier, spy, politician, and a tobacco maker who was very popular among England. He was a staunch…
History Lesson 125: Review
Elizabeth I was the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty, the dynasty that was formed after the War of the Roses between the two factions of Yorkists and Lancastrians. She was knowns as the virgin queen because she never married…
History Lesson 122: Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake was the 2nd man to circumnavigate the world. He was multiple things, from sea captain, navigator, politicians, and a national hero. He was born around the year 1544, and was the son of a Protestant farmer with…
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History Lesson 119: John Knox and Mary of Scotland
John Knox was a Scottish protestant, and is also suspected to be the father of Presbyterianism. He lived during the reign of Edward VI, Bloody Mary, Elizabeth, and Mary of Scotland. He was born in between the years 1505 and…
History Lesson 118: Lady Grey and Bloody Mary
When people say ‘Bloody Mary’, they usually think about the horror story involving a witch drinking the blood of young girls to become beautiful again. Or we think about the drink. What we do not think about is the queen…
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History Lesson 117: Edward VI
Edward VI was the son of Henry VIII, the king that I talked about in my last post on history. Edward is commonly known as “The Second Josiah” because of the young age at which he became king. He was…
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