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Period: Sep 8, 1492 to
European Colonization
Europeans Colonized North America -
Oct 8, 1492
Colombus encounters the new world
Colombus sailing for the spanish empire encountered the new world for the first time -
Jun 9, 1534
Jacque Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence
Two months after he was ordered to find gold, and spices Cartier sailed into the waters of the St. Lawrence River in eastern Canada -
Sep 9, 1538
Hernando de Soto's expedition of the southeast
He and his men traveled almost 4,000 miles throughout the region that is now the southeaster part of the United States. -
Sep 9, 1541
Coronados expedition from Mexico to Kansas
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado took himself and almost 300 aremed horsemen and foot soldiers across the land between Mexico and Kansas -
Sep 8, 1565
Spanish establish St. Augustine, Florida
September 8 1565 Pedro Menendez de Aviles landed on the shore of what is now called Matanzas Bay and began the founding of St. Augustine -
Attempted Roanoke Colony
Walter Raleigh was granted a patent by Queen Elizabeth I to colonize America. -
Juan de Onate founded Santa Fe
1598 Juan de Onate went on a expedition and ended up finding what today is Santa Fe -
Jamestown Virginia founded
A group of 100 members of a joint venture founded Jamestown Virginia -
Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec
Samuel de Champlain and his men discovered Quebec -
French began fur trade with indians
Samuel Champlain made the first trade with mainland indians -
John Rolfe introduced tobacco to Virginia
He introduced tobacco to people for crops -
First African slaves arrived in Virginia
1619 about 20 African slaves were brought over here on a ship -
Plymouth Massachusetts founded
The pilgrams founded Plymouth in 1620 -
Beaver wars
Terrifying and brutal wars fought by tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy against the french and Indian tribes -
Marquette and Joliet sailed down the Mississippi
In 1645 Marquette and Joliet went on a journey down the Mississippi river -
South Carolina Colony founded
South Carolina part of the original Province of Carolina was founded in 1663 after King Charles II gave land to eight noble men -
The Pueblo Revolt
Was the uprising of most of the Pueblo Indians against the Spanish colonizers. -
Pennsylvania Colony founded
William Penn founded The provice of Pensylvania in 1681 -
Georgia Colony founded
Georgoa Colony founded in 1732