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Columbus sails for Spain and finds American, but thinks he is in India
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Europeans traded with Africans in order to get slaves to work in their fields
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Montezuma and the Aztecs thought Cortes was a god because of his whits skin blond hair and armor. They gave Cortes a lot of gold becuase Cortes "had a heart illnes only gold can cure".
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The Spanish men had horses which were much faster than men. The Spanish captured Incan cheif Atahualpa as hostage, and eventually killed him.
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The expedition was sent by Virgina Company of London, and is named sfter King James the 1st
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(mayflower) Pilgrams landed in Plymouth Massachusetts.
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The fight between the English and the French over the land of the Dutch (New Netherlands).