Discovering America
Unit One Notes Why study history? ?Knowledge of history is the precondition of political intelligence. Without history, a society shares no common memory of where it has been, of what its core values are, or what decisions in the past account for the present circumstances? - David McCullough The four countries with early colonial claims in North America and their first permanent establishments: St. Augustine (FL) ? Spain 1565 (Roanoke (VA) ? Britain 1584) Jamestown (VA) ? Britain 1607 Quebec (Canada) ? France 1608 New Amsterdam (NY) ? Netherlands 1614 (lasted until 1664 October 1588 ? Spanish Armada defeated by hurricane