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Sep 10, 1500
French began fur trade with Indians
worldwide industry for animal fur -
Jun 9, 1534
Jacque Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence
the king ordered him to find certain things from france to asia -
Apr 6, 1538
Hernando de Soto’s expedition of the Southeast
he was a spanish explorer and he discovered the Mississippi River -
Apr 22, 1540
Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas
he was a leader throught the expidition through arizona -
Sep 8, 1565
Spanish establish St. Augustine, Florida
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded St. Augustine, Florida -
John Rolfe introduced tobacco to Virginia
he was the first person to have an sucessful cultivation of tobacco -
Attempted Roanoke Colony
Queen Elizabeth attempted to establish a permanent English settlement. -
Juan de Onate founded Santa Fe
he had search parties to try to find treasures -
Jamestown, Virgina founded
the day North America picked virgiana for their settlement, and they named it after their king -
Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec
established the settlements of New France and the city of Quebec. -
first african slaves arrived in Virginia
20 Africans on board entered port at the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia -
Plymouth, Massachusetts founded
the Pilgrims began a new colony in what is today known as the Town of Plymouth. -
South Carolina colony founded
founded by eight english nobles -
Beaver Wars
French and Iroquois Wars -
Marquette and Joliet sailed down the Mississippi
Governor Frontenac of New France assigned Marquette and Joliet to find a route to the pacific ocean -
The Pueblo Revolt
killed some spanish people and carried some of them with them -
Georgia Colony founded
114 colonists climbed 40 feet up the bluff from the Savannah River -
Columbus Encounters The New World
Coumbus was sailing for the spanish empire and encountered the new world