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Colombus sailed with 3 ships west across the Atlantic, instead of sailing around the southern tip of Africa, to find a different route for Spain to Asia.
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At first Europeans were going to use Native Americans for labor, but many died from disease, so they turned to Africans. They got these African slaves by trading other Africans goods.
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Cortes got a translator to tell native groups, that hated the Aztecs, to fight with him. The Spanish won because of better weapons, disease, and the natives.
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Pizzarro asked to meet Incan ruler Atahualpa, Atahualpa brought several thousand unarmed men with him, Pizzarro brought 200 armed men and attacked by surprise.
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A group of London investors, told by king James to find a colony in North America, reached the coast of Virginia, and name the settlement after their king.
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An English group that was harrassed because of their religious beliefs in England, known as the Pilgrims, wanted religious freedom so, they left and settled in Plymouth, Ma.
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The British and French were fighting over the Ohio valley, the English later won.
