The start of the Europeans started during the early decades of the 15th century, Prince Henry (47) sent Portuguese ships to explore the west coast of Africa. As time went on time came to the Crusades, a series of military expeditions to the Middle East in the name of Christianity. In the end, these bloody Crusades (50) failed to “rescue” the Holy Land, but they had two consequences that encouraged European exploration and expansion. Prince Henry wasn't the only person to make a mark on this world, just take Christopher Columbus (59) for example. Columbus embarked on a voyage that changed the course of history.
After discovering this new world people start voyages over to this new territory to settle down and to claim land and goods for their countries. Jamestown (92) was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. The town was strong …show more content…
The Stamp Act required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, and almanac that they needed. Later on the evening of December 16, 1773, a large group of Boston rebels disguised themselves as Native Americans and attacked three British tea ships anchored in the harbor. This was later known as the Boston Tea Party (209). These so called Indians dumped 18,000 pounds of the East India Company’s tea into the waters of Boston Harbor. After time of conflict the colonists wrote the Declaration of Independence (222). This stated that the colonists declared independence from