American Timeline By Stepflore09 1492 Columbus lands at Hispaniola in the Carbbean 1513 Balboa "discovers" the Pacific Ocean in Panama 1521 Cortes conquers the Aztecs at Tenochritilan 1539 De soto explore the region between Florida and the Mississippi River 1607 First permanent English settlement is founded in Jamestown, Virginia 1620 Mayflower Pilgrims found Plymouth colony in Massachusetts 1676 English settlers defeat Native Americans in King Philip's War 1682 France claims the Mississippi River Valley and names it Louisiana 2001 Mom was born in 1989 and came to U.S.A. in 2001 2003 My dad was born in 1986 and he came to the U.S. in 2003
