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Columbus was in search of a new route to Asia and East Indies but came upon an island in the Carribean what he called the West Indies.
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Europeans saw many benefits with the slaves and the Atlantic Slave trade became a huge business.
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The Aztecs were convinced that Cotés was a god when he arrived in Central America and that made him and his men overpower and conquer the Aztecs.
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Pizarro explored South America and conquered the Inca Empire and captured the king, Atahualpa.
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The English were inspired to explore by the Spanish and the French and they reached the coast of Vigirnia, founding Jamestown.
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The Pilgrims founded a second English colony called Plymouth in Massachusetts.
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Ther French and Indian War was a war between the English and the French fighting over the claiming of the Ohio Valley.