UPCOMING EVENTS
European Struggle to Settle North America
Date and Time
Saturday Feb 13, 2016
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST
Date: Saturday, February 13, 2016
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location
Santa Elena History Center
1501 Bay Street
Beaufort, SC 29902
Fees/Admission
Cost: $10 per person
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Contact Information
(843) 379-1550
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Description
EUROPEAN STRUGGLE TO SETTLE NORTH AMERICA
This history of early European colonial efforts in North America (specifically, the portion north of Mexico and the Caribbean) examines why three colonies-St. Augustine, Jamestown and Quebec-succeeded where many before them had failed.
Chapters cover Columbus’ exploration and the Treaty of Tordesillas; other Spanish explorers and settlements in the New World; French attempts at settlement prior to Quebec; early English settlements, including Roanoke; failed settlements dating to the Norse enclaves on Greenland; and in-depth studies of the three colonies that survived.