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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
He sailed and found the new world -
Mar 1, 1493
Columbus Returns
He returned with cattler, swine, and horses which reached america a few years later. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty Of Tordesillas
Divided the world with portugal the "heathen lands" of the New World. -
Jan 1, 1513
Vasco Nunez Balboa
Vasco Nunez Balboa was a Spanish Conquistador who discovered the Pacific Ocean. He set sailed off the coast of Panama and said he was king of all the lands that the sea touched. -
Sep 3, 1513
Ponce De Leon Discovers Florida
Discover Florida while looking for the fountain of youth -
Apr 19, 1519
Cortes Arrived in Mexico
Cortes arrived in 1519 and had Mexico under his control until 1521 -
Jun 30, 1520
Notch Triste
The Aztecs attacked the spanish -
Aug 13, 1521
Cortes laid siege
Cut off all the resources to the aztecs -
May 1, 1539
Hernando De Soto
He discovered Arkansas and Mississippi while looking for gold. -
Sep 1, 1580
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake returned from a trip around the world on his ship. When he returned he had brought Spanish booty on his ship. -
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Lost his life at sea -
Sir Walter Raleigh
After Sir Humphrey's death at sea, Sir Walter Raleigh organized an expedition and landed on Roanoke Island. -
Virgina Company of London
The Virgina Company of London was a joint-stock company -
Jamestown
Settled here in 1607, but many people died because of how unhealthy it was. -
New Mexico
Spain founded New Mexico then they clamied it for themselves. -
Lord De La War
Ordered his troops in Jamestown to attack the Indians and raid their camps/burn their homes. -
Anglo-Powhatan War
De La Warr introduced "irish tactics" and his troops raided villages, burned houses, confiscated provisions, and torched corn fields. -
Death of King Charles I
King Charles I was beheaded by Oliver Cromwell -
Black Slaves
By the 1700s, the white settlers were out numbered by the black slaves -
The Carolinas
This is when North and South Carolina officially split and became royal colonies.
