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Jan 1, 1001
Vikings arrive on Greenland
In the year 1001, a group of Vikings arrive on Greenland with the leader, Leif Erikson -
Aug 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus sails to find a sea route to Asia.
He sails for 2 months. -
Oct 14, 1492
Columbus arrives in American.
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Sep 4, 1493
Columbus sails a second time to America
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 -
Jan 1, 1513
Juan Ponce de Leon sailed north from Puerto Rico
Landed in Florida but called it La Florida. He was the first Spaniard to set foot in the United States. -
Jan 1, 1519
Cortez sailed from Cuba to Mexico.
He brought more then 500 soldiers with him. The Native Americans that first met him presented him with gifts of gold -
Nov 8, 1519
Cortez marched into the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan.
Many Native Americans joined Cortez because they hated the Aztec brutal rule, since they were captured. -
Nov 8, 1519
Aztec leader, Moctezuma, met with Cortez.
He tried to get Cortez to leave by offering him gold. Cortez took the gold, and Moctezuma hostage. The Aztecs soon rebelled. -
Nov 8, 1520
Cortez returns with a larger force
He recaptured Tenochtitlan and destroyed it, built Mexico City in its place. -
Nov 17, 1528
400 spaniards landed near the present day city of St. Petersburg
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. -
Nov 8, 1531
Pizzaro lands on the coast of Peru.
He was in search of the Inca because they were siad to have much gold. -
Sep 1, 1532
Pizarro led 170 soldiers through the jungle into the heart of the Inca Empire.
Took the emporer, Atahaulpa, prisoner. -
Nov 1, 1533
Spanish had defeated the leaderless Incas and captured the city of Cuzco
Pizzaro executed Atahualpa. -
Jamestown is established.
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. -
John Smith takes charge of Jamestown
His law: "He who works not, eats not."
