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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus sailed west
After about six weeks of sailing, Columbus and his crew found one of the islands of the Bahamas -
Jan 1, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Divided the New World between Spain and Portugal -
Jan 1, 1513
Exploration of Florida
Juan Ponce de Leon begins his first search for gold in Florida -
Jan 1, 1513
Discovery of the Pacific Ocean
Vasco Nunes Balboa claimed the coast of the Pacific for his King and country -
Jan 1, 1519
Begining of the first circumnavigation of the world
Ferdinand Magellan and his fleet of ships begin their quest to travel all the way around the world -
Jan 1, 1519
Preparing the attack on the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes begins his journey towards the Aztec capitol so he can conquer it. -
Jun 30, 1520
Aztecs force the Spanish out
The Aztecs were tired of the Spanish's thirst for their gold, so they forced the Spanish to leave their city -
Aug 13, 1521
The Aztecs surrender to the Spanish
The Spanish lay seige to the city and eventually the Aztecs are forced to surrender -
Jan 1, 1522
Circumnavigation of the world is completed
Magellan died along the way, but one of his ships mangaged to complete the journey without him -
Roanoke is founded
Sir Walter Raleigh lands on Roanoke Island and establishes a colony -
The Jamestown settlement
The Virginia Company of London recieves a charter allowing them to make a settlement -
Tobacco is perfected
John Rolfe learned how to grow tobacco from the indians and perfected it. This then became Virginia's cash crop -
Lord Baltimore founds Maryland
Baltimore founds the colony of maryland as a refuge for fellow Catholics, who had to flee do the change of their national religion -
Noth Carolina seperates
After having enough of a population to be taken seriously, North Carolina is given its own charter to make a colony -
Georgia is founded
it was made into a colony to be used as a buffer aginst attacks from the spanish and the Indians. it was founded by James Oglethorpe