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1492
Columbus lands at Hispanioal in the Caribbean
marked the beginning of contact between Europeans and the Native American -
1513
Baloboa "discovers" the pacific ocean in Panama
Vasco became the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the pacific from the new world -
1521
Cortes conquers the aztecs at tenochitilan
he helped colonize cuba and became a governor of new spain -
1539
de soto explores the region between florida and the mississippi river
he was the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi river -
first permantment english settement is founed in jametown, virgina
it was established by Virgina company of London as "james fort" -
mayflower pilgrims found pig mouth colony in massachusetts
The first settlement of the Plymouth Colony was at New Plymouth, a location previously surveyed and named by Captain John -
english settlers defeat native americans
John Smith, though he had not been in Virginia since 1609 and was not a firsthand eyewitness -
france claims the mississippi river valley
sailed from the Great Lakes up the St. Lawrence River, through the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
