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Dias become the first sucessful navigator to safely travel around the southern tip of Africa.
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Columbus sailed with his crew on the three ships named the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. His expedition was funded by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. On this day, he landed in the Bahamas. He just discovered the new world.
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Treaty between Spain and Portugal which stated that anything west of the Tordesillas line went to Spain while Portugal received land in Africa and Asia and what would now be known as Brazil.
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Giovanni Caboto ,known in English as John Cabot, explored Northeastern North America.
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Balboa claims all lands touched by the Pacific Ocean for Spain.
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Juan Ponce de Leon explored Flordia, which he first thought was an island. He was seeking gold and also looking for the fountain of youth.
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Hernan Cortes set sail from Cuba bound for Mexico. He got involved with the native Aztecs. He became gold hungry and attacked the Aztec. He defeated them and drove them out.
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Francisco Coronado traveled through Kansas, Arizona, and New Mexico. He discovered large amounts of bison, the Grand Canyon , and the Colorado River.
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Hernando de Soto explored the Southeast discovered the Mississippi River.
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Frances Drake was an English sea dogs who navigated around the globe. He was secretly funded by Queen Elizabeth.
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Ships of the Virginia Company got washed up onto the Chesapeake Bay land and settle there.They named it Jamestown after King James I.
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In the southern colonies, tobacco becomes the number one crop. Most of the land was taken over by tobacco which ruined the soil. Tobacco became addicting and needed slaves to harvest the enormous amount of tobacco.In Virginia, they became so focused on growing tobacco, they had to import their food.
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The war is ended with a peace settlement. The marraige of John Rolfe and Pocahontas made the peace settlement complete,
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Virgina signed a charter with England making them a royal colony under the control of the English crown.
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The Indians tried to drive out the Virginians, but they were defeatd again. The peace treaty of 1646 eliminatinated any sign of the Indians and Virginians to co-exist.
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A coded enacted in 1661, that stated the punishment and rights of slaves.
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The Carolinas were named after Charles II. The Carolinas became known for exporting olive oil, wine,and silk. They also were known for their ties with the sugar plantations in the English West Indies.
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The Pope's Rebellion took place in New Mexico. It occured when the Pueblo rebels destroyed the Catholic's churches and killed preists and settelers.
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Thislarge are became seperated in two different colonies, North Carolina and South Carolina. They had different views of slavery, and different opinion, so it caused them to split.
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Georgia was final colony founded in 1733. It was used as a buffer to protect the Carolinas from the Spanish in Florida.
