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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus sails the ocean blue
Columbus goes off with the 3 ships, the nina, the pinta, and the santa maria.
The goal of his voyage was to find a faster route to india, but instead he found the new world. -
Oct 27, 1511
First african slaves brought to the americas
portagese and spanish people living in the americas wanted new slaves because their native slaves were dying out. so they got new slaves. -
Oct 27, 1521
Cortez conquers the aztecs
In 1521 Hernando cortez conquered the aztecs with his force of 600 spaniards with other south american groups who disliked the aztecs. He also had the advantage of having guns and the aztecs being vulnerable to deseases they carried. -
Oct 27, 1533
Pizzaro conquers the incans
Fransisco pizzaro defeated the remaining incan soldiers after he had killed their leader, Atahualpa. -
English found Jamestown
English settlers named their town on the coast of virginia after their king. -
English found Plymouth
A group seeking religious freedom, called the Pilgrims found a town in massachusets. -
End of French and Indian war
The english colonists defeated the french, seizing control of the eastern side of north america.