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Atlantic World and Discovery of the New World

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  • Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
    Sep 30, 1492

    Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

    Christopher Columbus led the first of his voyages and while trying to reach India, bumbed into the Caribbean.
  • The first of the enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas.
    Sep 30, 1511

    The first of the enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas.

    The first of the many slaves from Africa arrived in the Americas through triangular trade.
  • Hernando Cortes conquers the Aztec Empire
    Oct 1, 1521

    Hernando Cortes conquers the Aztec Empire

    Hernando Cortes conqueres the Aztic Empire by taking advantage of them because they thought he was a god, but actually attacked them. He won because of superior weaponry and the invisible, but deadl weapon: diease.
  • Francisco Pizarro conquers the Incan Empire.
    Oct 1, 1533

    Francisco Pizarro conquers the Incan Empire.

    Francisco Pizarro conquers the Incan Empire by capturing the Incan ruler and then executing him. The Incanc lost all hope after their leader was killed and the Spainish took over.
  • English find Jamestown

    English find Jamestown

    The English find their first sucessful colony Jamestown in which was created from 3 ships holding 100 people and 70% of them died.
  • The English find Plymouth

    The English find Plymouth

    The English Pilgrams find Plymouth because they didn't want to follow the religion that most of the English practiced.
  • The French/Indian war ends.

    The French/Indian war ends.

    The French and Indian war ends in which the British and the French/Indians were fighting for land in the Americas.