They raised no crops and had no herds. For food, they hunted and fished and gathered wild fruits and nuts. But their had very well-worked-out customs. A few Aborigines still live in the emptier part of the continent and follow the thousands-of-years-old customs of their ancestors. th The discovery of Australia goes back to the 17 century. The first discoverers were Dutchmen, who visited the north, west and north-west coasts of Australia. The discovered continent was called New Holland. Therefore no interest was taken in it for more than 150 years, cause the land was described as sandy and waterless. In 1770 Captain James Cook, the famous sailor and explorer, reached Australia from the south-east and it differed from the other parts of Australia. He landed in a place, great of
settlement. English settlers 1636 Trade and growing crops ´´Fundamental Orders´´- constitution. Fundamental laws · Massachusetts 1620 the Pilgrims Seek religious freedom. Puritans, Indians and farmers Farming and trade Sundays in church (Very Very religious) · New Hampshire Pilgrims from England Religious freedom 3 Fishing, lumber, ship building and farming Public education in 1647 · Middle Colonies Delaware- first a Swedish colony. The Dutchmen took over. New Jersey- Swedish settlers buy land. England gains control over it. Pennsylvania- 1731: Benjamin Franklin -the first library in the colonies. New York- (before it was new Amsterdam) the dutch, the english. · Life in Middle Colonies- Farmers lived in very small houses outside the town. Wheat, barley, rye, fruits, Clocks, watches, guns, locks, cloth, and hats Benjamin Franklin- Fire department, library, freedom of the press No college for woman and African-Americans
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