-
Oct 9, 1492
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
Under the Spanish flag the Italian Christopher Columbus discovered the America's after thousands of years in isolation. This voyage defines and is continuiung define our world. -
Oct 9, 1511
First Enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas
Most Africans will go to the West Indies to work on sugar cane planatations. The slave trade will become a major commerical bussiness devastating culture in West Africa -
Oct 9, 1521
Cortes conquers Aztec Empire
The Conquereing of the Aztec Empire was done the superior weapons and disease and ushered in the age of not only American discovery but American conquest -
Oct 9, 1533
Pizarro Conqueres Incan Empire
The battle against Atahualpa was short and sweet for Francisco Pizzarro and brought great wealth to Spain but destroyed the Incan civilization. -
English found Jamestown
The establishment of Jamestown was the first permanent Ebglish Colony beginning the settlement of the 13 colonies and beginning British colonial superiority. -
English found Plymouth
Plymouth is the first attempt by the Puritans to establish themselves in America. -
French and Indian War ends
The French and Indian War ending marked British superiority over the French in north America shaping it into what we know it to be today
