Atlantic World and New World Discovery

By sgilbert1
  • Period: Sep 18, 1400 to

    Atlantic World

  • Sep 18, 1492

    Columbus sailed the ocean blue

    Columbus sailed the ocean blue
    Columbus lands in an island in the Bahamas, the island in which the Taino tribe lived, and names the island San Salvador (Holy Savior).
  • Sep 18, 1511

    First enslaved Africans arrive in America

    First enslaved Africans arrive in America
    Europeans needed cheap labor to work the sugar and coffee plantations of the Americas, so they turned to African slaves. Since the natives dyed working in mines or from disease, Africans became the slaves in the Americas.
  • Sep 18, 1521

    Cortes conquers the Aztecs

    Cortes conquers the Aztecs
    Cortes arrives the Aztec's capitol of Tenochtitlan, and is percieved as a god in armor by Montezuma and his people. Soon after Cortes defeated the Aztecs with guns, and disease.
  • Sep 18, 1533

    Pizzaro conquers the Incan empire

    Pizzaro conquers the Incan empire
    Francisco Pizzaro and his men successfully kidnapped and killed Atahualpa, the leader of the Incans. After their leader's death, the Incans were no match for Pizzaro, and the Incan empire fell.

  • English found Jamestwon

    English found Jamestwon
    Three ships of 100 men settle in Jamestown Virginia. However during the first year after settling in Jamestown, 70% of all of the colonists died to disase, starvation, or skirmishes with the natives.

  • Pilgrims arrive in Plymouth

    Pilgrims arrive in Plymouth
    After being persecuted for their religious beliefs in England, the Pilgrims sail across th Atlantic and land in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

  • French Indian War ends

    French Indian War ends
    After 7 years of fighting, the French lose to the English in the French Indian war, and are forced to yield all of their North American land to the British.