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Atlantic World and Discovery of the New World

  • Columbus sailed the ocean blue
    Oct 3, 1492

    Columbus sailed the ocean blue

    Columbus sails across the Atlantic and lands in the America's.
  • First enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas
    Oct 3, 1511

    First enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas

    Africans were brought and sold in America as property as part of the Atlantic Slave Trade
  • Cortés conquers Aztec Empire
    Oct 3, 1521

    Cortés conquers Aztec Empire

    Spanish Conquestador Cortés defeats the Aztec empire of much greater numbers with the power of guns, accidental disease and horses.
  • Pizarro conquers Incan Empire
    Oct 3, 1533

    Pizarro conquers Incan Empire

    Pizarro captures Atahaulpa and conquers the vast Incan empire with much fewer men.
  • English found Jamestown

    English found Jamestown

    English found Jamestown and make it the capital of New World colonies.
  • English found Plymouth

    English found Plymouth

    2nd boat of English colonists get blown off course and land in Pkymouth. They found the colony of Plymouth.
  • French and Indian War ends

    French and Indian War ends

    War over new world land between French and British ends in a resounding British victory.