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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic to reach Asia in 1492. He led 3 ships. Instead of landing in Asia, he landed on an island in the Caribbean. -
Jan 1, 1511
First enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas
The Portugese brought African slaves to the Americas in 1511. They ued the African slaves to make sugar and tobacco as the plantations require a lot of cheap labor to be profitable. They started to use African slaves becuase they were acumsted to European diseases, unlike the Indians who they used as slaves before. They also didn't know the land so it would be hard for them to escape. -
Jan 1, 1521
Cortés conquers Aztec Empire
Cortés arrives at the Aztec capital, Tenochitlan, and the Aztecs immediately believe he is a god. The Aztec emperor Montezuma II agrees to give him lots of gold from their vast gold supply. Cortés later conqueres the Aztec empire. -
Jan 1, 1533
Pizarro conquers Incan empire
Pizzaro conquered the Incan empire in 1533. He captured the Incan ruler, Atahualpa and killed him. -
English found Jamestown
King James funds a journey to make another colony. The settlers land on the Virginia coast, and start the first permanent English colony in North Ameria. -
English found Plymouth
A group from England called the pilgrims wanted religious freedom England was not letting them have, so they founded the second English colony named Plymouth in Massachusetts. -
French and Indian War ends
The French and Indian war was a war between the French and English over land claims in the Ohio Valley. Most of the Indians fought with the French as the English were taking their land, but some fought with the English. The French lost, and the English gained control of most of the eastern half of America.
