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1492
Columbus "discovers America"
lands in Hispaniola thinks he is in India -
1519
Conquistadores Conquerors Hemando Cortez
claimed new colonies for spain
conquered the aztec empire
most aztec died from small pox and measles -
1532
Francisco pizarro
claimed new colonies for spain
conquered the inca empire in peru -
1539
Conquistadores Hernan de Soto
assisted pizarro with the conquest of the inca
first to discover and cross the Mississippi River -
1565
spain
conquered the native americans and established New Spain -
England
roanoke 1st attempt at english settlement “the last colony” -
france
became fur traders -
dutch Republic
New amsterdam hudson river. offered huge land tracts called patroonships
obtained by bringing 50 tenants to the colony -
Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin
cleaned the seeds out of cotton -
Eli Whitney - interchangeable parts
introduced with muskets in 1798 -
Religious reform
second great awakening -
Steam Boat
launched the first successful steamboat service in 1807 -
Utopian Communities
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Erie canal
increase in trade, decrease in shipping rates and shipping time -
Cyrus McCormick - Mechanical Reaper
increased productivity -
John Deere - steel plow
Allowed farmers to plow and grow crops in areas out west -
the national road
stretched 800 miles west -
Samuel F.B morse telegraph
device that sends messages using electricity through wires -
Mormons
practiced polygamy