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  2. Category:17th century by country - Wikipedia

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    Years of the 17th century by country (164 C) A. 17th century in Afghanistan (1 C, 1 P) 17th century in Albania (1 C, 2 P) 17th century in Algeria (2 C, 5 P)

  3. Plantation (settlement or colony) - Wikipedia

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    A 17th-century map of the Plantations of New England. Beginning in the 15th century with the voyages of Christopher Columbus, various European colonial powers established colonies in the Americas. The Portuguese introduced Sugar plantations in the Caribbean in the 1550s.

  4. Tales from the Green Valley - Wikipedia

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    Tales from the Green Valley is a British historical documentary TV series in 12 parts, first shown on BBC Two from 19 August to 4 November 2005. The series, the first in the historic farm series, made for the BBC by independent production company Lion TV, follows historians and archaeologists as they recreate farm life from the age of the Stuarts; they wear the clothes, eat the food and use ...

  5. 17th century - Wikipedia

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    The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, ... 1633–1639: Japan transforms into "locked country".

  6. Little Woodham - Wikipedia

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    Little Woodham, also known as "The Living History Village of Little Woodham" or "The Seventeenth Century Village", is a living museum dedicated to recreating life in a rural village in the mid-17th century. It is situated in ancient woodland in Rowner, on the Gosport peninsula, Hampshire. [1] The Spinners Cottage in Little Woodham.

  7. American colonial architecture - Wikipedia

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    Building styles in the 13 colonies were influenced by techniques and styles from England, as well as traditions brought by settlers from other parts of Europe. In New England, 17th-century colonial houses were built primarily from wood, following styles found in the southeastern counties of England. Saltbox style homes and Cape Cod style homes ...

  8. Ashdown House, Oxfordshire - Wikipedia

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    Ashdown House (also known as Ashdown Park) is a 17th-century country house in the civil parish of Ashbury in the English county of Oxfordshire. Until 1974 the house was in the county of Berkshire, and the nearby village of Lambourn remains in that county.

  9. Colonial history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish colonized Florida in the 16th century, with their communities reaching a peak in the late 17th century. In the British and French colonies, most colonists arrived after 1700. They cleared land, built houses and outbuildings, and worked on the large plantations that dominated export agriculture. Many were involved in the labor ...