Atlantic World- Discovery of the New World

Columbus sailed the ocean blue

Sep 17, 1492

King Ferninand and Queen Isabella funded Columbus's journey over the Atlantic to find a faster route to Asia, but ended up in the Americas

First enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas

Sep 17, 1511

African Slaves in the New World Spanish settlers bring slaves from Africa to Santo Domingo (now the capital of the Dominican Republic).

Cortés conquers Aztec Empire

Sep 17, 1521

Cortes arrives at modern day Mexico and like welcomed and treated like a God by Montezuma. He then conquers the Aztecs with many strategies such guns, steel, and germs

Pizarro conquers Incan Empire

Sep 17, 1533

Pizarro conquers the Incan Empire after caputring their leader, Atahualpa,

English found Jamestown

Sep 17, 1607

English colonies arrive along the West Bank of the James River in Virginia, founded the first permanant settlement in North America.

English found Plymouth

Sep 17, 1620

Fench and Indian War Ends

Sep 17, 1763

The Seven Years' War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War, ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by France, Great Britain, and Spain.