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Period: Aug 3, 1492 to Oct 12, 1492
Columbus encountered the New World for the first time
Columbus sailed across the atlantic ocean to a "new land" -
Period: Sep 11, 1530 to Sep 11, 1540
French began fur trade with Indians
the fur trade was a worldwide industry with the saling of animal fur cause everybody wanted it -
Period: Jun 9, 1534 to Sep 11, 1541
Jacque Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence
he becomes the first european explorer to discover the St. Lawrence river. he explored the american lands for riches -
Period: Sep 10, 1539 to Sep 10, 1543
Hernando de Soto’s expedition of the Southeast
de Soto left Havana, Cuba, with nine ships, over 620 men and 220 surviving horses and landed at Charlotte Harbor, Flordia -
Period: Sep 11, 1540 to Sep 11, 1542
Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas
Coronado moved his army to the east because they didn't find any wealth where they were at -
Period: Sep 8, 1565 to Sep 11, 1565
Spanish established St. Augustine, Florida
they landed on Matanzas bay -
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Attempted Roanoke Colony
108 men went on shore at Roanoke Island. Their leader like guy was Sir Walter Raleigh. They built a fort and houses, planted crops, and looked for gold. Around a year later hurricanes and Indians forced them to go back to England. Also the survivors began starving because the Indians had stopped giving them food. -
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John Rolfe introduced tobacco to Virginia
he is credited with the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in the colony of virginia -
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Juan de Onate founded Santa Fe
wanted to take over new mexico. one day he sent men out to look for treasure that didn't exist. -
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Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec
french explorer that established the city of quebec. became governer of new france in 1620 -
Jamestown, Virginia founded
a group of roughly 100 members of a joint venture called the virginia company founded the first permanent english settlement in north america on the banks of the james river -
First African slaves arrived in Virginia
blacks who arrived in america that could not afford passage in to the colonies would become indentured servants -
Plymouth, Massachusetts founded
during the reign of king james l, around 100 english men and woman, members of the english separatist church, sailed to the new world on the mayflower -
South Carolina colony founded
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Beaver Wars
brutal wars fought by tribes of the iroquois confederacy against the french and the indian tribes who were their allies. the iroquois confederacy wanted to extended their trading activity and gain new territories -
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Marquette and Joliet sailed down the Mississippi
the Marquette joliet expedition proved that the mississippi river flowed into the gulf of mexico -
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The Pueblo Revolt
an uprise of the pueblo people against spanish colonizers -
Pennsylvania Colony founded
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Georgia Colony founded