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Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic in pursuit of finding a passage to Asia, and considered himself a failure when he did not find a passage to Europe.
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Amerigo Vespucci, an italian in service of Portugal was the first to say that America was a new continent, so they named it for him
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It was said by a spaniard that an African could do the work of 4 Native Americans, so the Spaniards use the current slavery system in place by the Muslims, and corrupt it to bring in many slaves and keep the slave's children as slaves.
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Cortes Conquers the Aztec Empire by using guns, horses, superior tactics, and diseases to his advantage. Malinche, a Native American translator helped him get some of the local tribes to help him.
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Pizarro conquered the incan Empire by massacring hunreds of Incans with 300 of his men who were on horse, kidnapping Athualpa, taking a ransom, then killing him.
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Around 100 English colonists settled Jamestown on the west bank of the James River in Virginia, creating the first successful english colony in America.
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Henry Hudson explored the Hudson Bay, Hudson river, and Hudson strait for the Dutch, but they settled the areas very slowly.
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A religious group called the Pilgrims founded Plymouth in Massachucets.
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King Philip's war began when metacom led an attack on colonial villages
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The English fought the French and did not have good relations with the Indians, this later was called the Seven Years War.
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