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Columbus discovers these islands by mistake and reaches the Dominican Republic on his second attempt.
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Juan Ponce De Leon of Spain believed he was on an island and named it Florida.
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The Aztecs believed Cortes to be a god from a legend and let him into their empire without interferring.
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He did this mostly with disease and advanced firearms.
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Hernando de Soto was a SPanish conquistador and explored the mississippi river.
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The first permanent settlement was in St. Augustine, Florida.
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He was a conquistador that claimed Mexico for Spain.
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Many died in Jamestown because they were more worried about finding gold then making arrangements for their food supply and houses. They eventually didn't find any gold and discovered they need to work to survive.
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They formed a settlement at Plymouth, near cape cod.
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The pope with a lot of Peublo leaders organized a revolt and killed over 400 Spanish men and families going threw villages.
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He investigated the lower Mississippi valley and claims this land for France.
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Georgia was the last of the thirteen colonies to be founded.
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This war was actually between the French and England, but it also involved the Indians.
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This treaty ends the French and Indian war and Florida is given to Britian.
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Nine of the colonies are represented at the Stamp Act congress.
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This was a bloody battle between the colonists and British Troops.
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This was a political protest against the tax on tea. The sons of Liberty dumped all the tea off the ship into the water.
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This was a war for American Independence.
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This document stated that the 13 colonies were independent states and not part of the British.
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Washington was unanimously elected as president and served for 2 terms.
