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In the year 1001, a group of Vikings arrive on Greenland with the leader, Leif Erikson
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He sails for 2 months.
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He commanded 17 ships with 1,500 soldiers, settlers, and preists. Discovered other islands including Puerto Rico. The men he left on Hispaniola had been killed by the Indians
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Landed in Florida but called it La Florida. He was the first Spaniard to set foot in the United States.
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He brought more then 500 soldiers with him. The Native Americans that first met him presented him with gifts of gold
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Many Native Americans joined Cortez because they hated the Aztec brutal rule, since they were captured.
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He tried to get Cortez to leave by offering him gold. Cortez took the gold, and Moctezuma hostage. The Aztecs soon rebelled.
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He recaptured Tenochtitlan and destroyed it, built Mexico City in its place.
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They found no gold, marched to northern Florida, and got attacked by Native Americans. They built 5 crude boats and 80 survivors were led to Galveston Island by Alvar Nunez Cabeza.
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He was in search of the Inca because they were siad to have much gold.
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Took the emporer, Atahaulpa, prisoner.
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Pizzaro executed Atahualpa.
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It was established by a group of wealthy people form England. King James I backed the project that the Virginia Company of London proposed. The proposal was that the group of people would go over and settle.
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His law: "He who works not, eats not."
