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Atlantic World and Discovery of the New World timeline

By charnox
  • Oct 16, 1492

    Columbus Sails the Ocean Blue

    Columbus Sails the Ocean Blue
    Christopher Columbus departs from Palos de la Frontera, Spain to find a sea route to Asia for the Spanish Crown with three ships. Two caravels, the Nina and the Pinta, and one carrack, the Santa Maria. He hoped to find a route to Japan. This was the first of his three voyages. he lobbied for these voyages for 2 years at the Spanish court before Queen Isabelle gave in.
  • Oct 16, 1511

    First Slaves arrive in the Americas

    First Slaves arrive in the Americas
    Slaves arriving in Cuba in 1511 were the beginning of a 400 year long slave trade between Africa, the Americas, and Europe. Slaves were packed onto ships with almost no room to even move and were transported for months on end in these conditions to buyers in the Americas. This transport was called the middle passage.
  • Oct 16, 1521

    Cortez's Conquests

    Cortez's Conquests
    Hernan Cortez conquers the Aztec empire by allying enemy tribes in order to overcome their leader Montezuma and his capital Tenochtitlan. it spelled a major turning point in Spanish colonization, as it meant that without a pre existing empire in the way, colonization would go very smoothly.
  • Oct 16, 1533

    Pizarro's Conquests

    Pizarro's Conquests
    Francisco Pizarro conquers the Incan Empire and their leader, Atahualpa. Cortez conquers the whole empire with 62 horsemen and 106 foot soldiers by taking Atahualpa captive and preventing any word of his capture a secret be killing every messenger who tried to deliver the message to his army.

  • English found Jamestown

    English found Jamestown
    The English found Jamestown, the first successful English colony in the New World, however the mortality rate was over 50%. it represented the beginning of the English presence in America.

  • English Found Plymoth

    English Found Plymoth
    Plymouth was founded by religious separatists who wanted to get away from the British church. The founders of this colony, who came aboard the mayflower, came to be known as pilgrims.

  • French and Indian war ends

    French and Indian war ends
    The British victory of a war between New France and the various Native tribes against the British colonies. The end result of the war was the British conquering of almost all of the land formerly occupied by France and assuring a British position in North America.