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Name the things, people, places, etc that took place from 1600-1699
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A) The first permanent French capital in North America was established in this area, now modern day Nova Scotia
1605
Acadia
B) Invented by Evangelista Torricelli to measure air pressure
1643
Barometer
C) The Pilgrims landed on this peninsula in Massachusetts before sailing onward
1620
Cape Cod
D) Famous French philosopher who published Discourse on the Method
1637
Descartes
E) Company founded by the British that established trade power in British ruled India
1600
East India
F) Country that established significant settlements in parts of the US and Canada
1605>
France
G) Famous astronomer that used a telescope to observe Jupiters moons
1610
Galileo Galilei
H) This Ivy League university is established in Cambridge, MA
1636
Harvard
I) This physicist publishes his famous Laws of Motion
1687
Isaac Newton
J) The British gained control of this Caribbean island from the Spanish
1655
Jamaica
K) He was the first Stuart king of England and Ireland
1603-1625
King James
L) Robert De La Salle claimed this territory and the entire Mississippi basin for France
1682
Louisiana
M) This ship carried the first pilgrims from England to the US
1620
Mayflower
N) Land south of New York granted to Lord John Berkeley that later became the Garden State
1664
New Jersey
O) English Parliamentary leader who oversaw the execution of King Charles I
1599-1658
Oliver Cromwell
P) The Pilgrims established this colony in Mass after landing on the mainland
1620
Plymouth
Q) Christian movement in Pennsylvania known as the Religious Society of Friends
1650s
Quaker
R) This famous Dutch painter created the Night Watch
1642
Rembrandt
S) Girls accused of witchcraft were infamously executed in this Mass settlement
1692
Salem
T) Revolutionary object to view space invented by Hans Lippershey
1608
Telescope
U) This Irish province was colonized with plantations and aimed to pacify the region
1610
Ulster
V) This colony was established and Jamestown was the first settlement
1607
Virginia
W) Treaty of alliance between the Pilgrims and this indigenous nation
1621
Wampanoag
X) This Jesuit missionary was canonized as a saint
1622
Xavier
Y) This town was established as a port on the York river in VA
1691
Yorktown
Z) The Omani Arabs expelled the Portuguese from this African island
1698
Zanzibar
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