Atlantic World and Discovery of the New World Unit 2 Timeline

By raaron2
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Colombus sailed the ocean blue

    Colombus sailed the ocean blue
    Colombus set sail under the Spanish to find a route to India, but instead found the Americas and was the first to settle there.
  • Jan 1, 1511

    First enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas

    First enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas
    Because the Europeans found that the Native Americans were efficient enough, they imported Africans for slave labor. They were tightly packed on ships and brought to the Americas.
  • Jan 1, 1521

    Cortés conquers The Aztec Empire

    Cortés conquers The Aztec Empire
    Hernando Cortés conquered the Aztecs by tricking Montezuma II into letting him into their main city, Tenochtitlan. Cortés took advantage of him and then took over Tenochtitlan.
  • Jan 1, 1533

    Pizarro conquers The Incan Empire

    Pizarro conquers The Incan Empire
    Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador who took over the Inca by meeting with their leader, Atahulapa and tricking him and then killing him.

  • English found Jamestown

    Jamestown was the English's first succesful settlment located in Virginia. This is how the British Empire got started.

  • English found Plymouth

    English found Plymouth
    Plymouth is a colony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with the Massachusetts Bay colony.

  • French and Indian War ends

    French and Indian War ends
    The French and Indian War was part of a larger battle between Great Britain and France called the Seven Years' War. The French and Indian War was fought for 9 years, from 1754 to 1763.