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Jan 21, 1492
Christoffer Columbus
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Apr 25, 1507
The earliest known use of the name America
A German man called Martin Waldseemuller named America after an Italian guy called Amerigo Vespucci who had a ship in Spain. -
Aug 5, 1519
The first Spanish settlement was founded in Panama city on the Pacific coast of Central America
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Walter Raleigh's expedition
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The first permanent settlers arived in Jamestown Virginia
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The Mayflower arrives with a group of puritans further north witch later became Plymouth, New England
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Irish people came to Philadelphia
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Declaration of Independence