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Period: Sep 8, 1492 to
European Colonization
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Oct 8, 1492
Columbus Encountered New world
Columbus, selling for the Spnish empire. -
Jun 9, 1534
Jacque Cartier Sailed the St. Lawrence
When French navigator Jacques Cartier left France by boat in April 1543, the king ordered him to find gold, spices, and a water passage from France to Asia. -
May 8, 1538
Hernando de Soto's expedition of the southeast
That began his three-year odyssey through the Southeastern North American continentm from which de Soto and a large portion of his mean would not return. -
Sep 8, 1565
Spanish establish St. Augustine, Florida.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed on the shore of what isnow called Matanzas Bay and began the founding of the Presisio of San Agustin. -
Attempted Roanoke Colony
In Appril of 1584, exploreres Phillip AMadas and Arthur Barlowe set out from England to survey the coast near Cape Hatteras. -
Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas.
Finding no wealth in Cibola or the surroundings, Coronado moved his army east to the pueblos around Albuquerque, on the Rio Grande River, in September 1540. -
Juan de Onate founded Santa Fe.
Juan de Oñate, explorer and founder of the first European settlemenst in the upper Rio Grande valley of New Mexico, Son of Cristóbal de Oñate and Catalina de Salazer, was born around 1550, most likey in the fontier settlement of Zacatecas, Mexico. -
Samuel de Champlain Founded Quebec
He began exploring North America in 1603, establishing the city of Quebec in the northern colony of New France, and mapping the Atlantic coast and the Great Lakes. -
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English Colonization
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French began fur trade with Indians
The fur trade was one of the earliest and most important industries in North America. The fur trading industry played a major role in the development of the United States and Canada for more thatn 300 years. -
Jamestown, Virginia founded
Virginia Compnay founded the first permanent Englih settlement in North America on the banks of the James River. -
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French Colonization
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Marquette and Joilet sailed down the Mississippi
Jacques Marquette, born in Laon, France in 1637, entered the Jesuit order in 1654 and was sent on a foreign mission to Canada in 1666. -
The Pueblo Revolt
In 1680 the people known collectively as “Pueblos” rebelled against their Spanish overlords in the American Southwest. Spaniards had dominated them, their lives, their land, and their souls for eight decades. -
Beaver Wars
The History of the Beaver Wars including details of the cause, reason, and summary. The dates and years of the Indian wars when the war started and when the conflict ended.