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Jan 1, 1492
Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue
In 1492 Columbus mounted an expidition paid for by the King and Queen of Spain to find an alternate trade route to India. Instead he stumbled upon two 'undiscovered' continents. -
Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
European Explorations
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Jan 1, 1511
First Enslaved Africans Arrived in the Americas
European nations such as the English, the Spanish, and the Dutch transported African slaves to the Americas to work their newly colonized lands. Most slaves would work on plantations but some also worked in other jobs such as domestic labor. As time went on, more and more slaves came to the Americas. -
Jan 1, 1521
Cortez Conqures Aztec Empire
Cortez, a Spanish conquestidor, went on an expidition to find the rumored empire that was filled with gold. He found what he was looking for which was the Aztec empire, and completely demolished them through desise, superior weponry, and the fact that the Aztecs though he was a god. -
Jan 1, 1533
Pizzaro Conqures Incan Empire
Pizzaro, like Cortez, was searching for gold. He found mountains of it in the Incan empire and managed to defeat them and make a ton of money by capturing their leader, Montezuma, killing any messanger trying to warn the Incan army by using horses, and made a ransom of 1 room filled with gold and 2 of silver. Then they killed the Montezuma anyway -
English Found Jamestown
Jamestown was the first succesful British colony in the new world. In the first years they were starved by famine because the colonists spent all of their time looking for gold, but found little or none. Eventually Jamestown transformed into a wealthy trading city/town, and became an important stronghold for the British. -
English Found Plymouth
Puritins were the ones who founded Plymouth in the americas. They were rejected by the British church and so they left to start anew in the new world. The colony took to a rough start but with the help of the Indians they were able to survive, and their first harvest is what is now called Thanks Giving. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was between France and Britain, and their Indian allies. It was ultimately part of a bigger war called the Seven years war between France and Britain that originated in Europe. The British ended up winners and France lost many of their Colonies in the Americas due to the loss
