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Spanish Colonies
Don’t You Know There’s a War On?
After America declared war on Spain in late April, heroic acts filled the newspapers almost daily. Read more >>
The Elizabethans and America: Part II -- The fate of the Virginia Colony rested on the endurance of adventurers, the financing of London merchants, and the favor of a courtier with his demanding spinster Queen.