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Columbus set sail from Spain in search of a shorter route to India. He instead found North America.
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The first African slaves arrive in the Americas. Africans were enslaved because the Africans were immune to European diseases
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Cortez conquers the Aztec empire. The Aztecs thought Cortez was a god, so they offered him their gold. He fought them and won.
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Pizarro conquers the Incan empire. Pizzaro captured the Incan king, Atahualpa, and held him for ransom, even though the Incan's payed the ransom he killed the king.
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The British found their first colony in the new world, Jamestown.
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Plymouth was founded by British settlers in search of religous freedom.
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The French Indian War ends. The war started becasue the Britishwereintrudingon New France. Britain won the war.
