Indirect Discoverers of the New World The American continents were slow to yield their virginity. The all-conquering Romans, a half century after the birth of Christ, expanded their empire northwestward as far as Britain. America was to be a child of Europe, not of a specific country, such as England. Christian crusaders must take high rank among the indirect discoverers of America. Whatever their true motives, they were avowedly attempting to wrest the Holy Land …showed first 75 words of 1416 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1416 total…England, Georgia was launched y a high-minded group of philanthropists. The hamlet of Savannah, like Charleston, was a melting-pot community. The Plantation Colonies Certain distinctive features were shared by England's Southern mainland colonies: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. All the plantation colonies were agitated by an underprivileged back-country element, which was seeking a larger voice in government. All the plantation colonies were in some degree expansive and they occasionally permitted religious toleration.