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Prince Henry of Portugal conquers Ceuta.
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Prince Henry founded a navigation school.
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Dias goes around the tip of Africa. He wanted to continue but couldn't because they didn't have enough resources.
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Columbus reaches San Salvadore.
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Portugal and Spain sign the Treaty of Tordesillas, which was presented by the pope to split the land in half.
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Vasco Da Gama reaches India, through Dias's route. He is the first to reach India.
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John Cabot sails to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland in modern day Canada.
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Cabral goes to Brazil in 1500.
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Amerigo Vespucci calls the Americas the "New World".
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The Portugese defeat a Muslim fleet.
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The Portugese capture Goa.
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Portugese capture Malacca.
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He moved up from Mexico and conquers Florida for Spain in 1513.
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They establish a fort at Hormuz
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Magellan goes to Guam.
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Magellan goes to the Phillipines. (He was eaten by cannibals when he tried to convert them)
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Cortes arrives in Tenochtitlan.
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Cortes conquers the Aztecs.
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Slaves kill Spanish colonists in 1522.
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Giovanni da Verrazzano an Italian working for France discovers New York harbor.
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Pizarro conquers Cuzco: the capital of the Incan Empire.
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Cartier founded Mont Real which means Mount Royal which is now Montreal.
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Pizarro founded Lima, Peru (instead of Cuzco). He is governer of Peru for Spain.
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Coronado enters the Arizona area. (Which potentially becomes around the area where the Spanish settle for missions and expansion).
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The Spanish government abolish encomienda. (taking natives as slaves and working them was very popular and still continued after it was abolished by other countries).
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The Spanish claim and settle the Philippines.
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The Durtch claim independence from Spain.
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The Pilgrims land in the Atlantic coast of the New World and name their settlement (town) Jamestown after their king.
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Samuel de Champlain founded New France in 1608. New France was located from Newfoundland to the Rocky Mountains and from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Henry Hudson finds the 3 Great Lakes.
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Pedri de Peralta (governer of New Mexico) lead settlers to the tributary on the Rio Grande.
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The Dutch establish a trading headquarter in Java, Batavia.
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Pilgrims move to Plymouth.
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The Indians attack Jamestown.
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Puritans set sail to start a settlement in the New World.
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The Dutch capture the Dutch Antilles and Aruba.
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Duke of York is given permission by his brother King Charles the II to drive out the Dutch. The Dutch surrendered without firing a shot.
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King Philip's War, otherwise known as Metacom's War sprung in June 8th 1675; this was when 3 Native Americans were hung for killing John Sassamon (who informed the colonists about Metacom's attack/assault).
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The Pueblo ruler Pope (e has an accent) rebels against the Spanish and gains control of the New Mexico area.
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Sieur de la Salle is killed by Pierre Duhaut whilst he was trying to go and find lake Ohio that the Iriquois told him about.
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Spanish regain control of their land from the Pueblos.
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In 1700, the Dutch owned pretty much most of Indonesia, trading posts in several Asian countries and Cape of Good Hope; wich is a little port to restock ships at the tip of Africa.
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The French establish an outpost in India.
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French and Indian War! A war between Britain and the French who were backed up by Indians.
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The French lose the French and Indian War to Britain.
