Discovery of the New World

Columbus sailed the ocean blue

Sep 27, 1492

Columbus left England and arrived at the Americas even though he was looking for another trading route to India.

First enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas

Sep 27, 1511

Africans were being brough to the Americas as slaves for cheap labor

Cortés conquers Aztec Empire

Sep 30, 1521

Cortez defeats the Aztecs using his supirior weaponry, diseases he brought from Europe, and enlisting surrounding tribes folk in the battles

Pizarro conquers Incan Empire

Sep 30, 1533

Pizzaro defeats the Incan empire by kidnapping Althualpa and then killing him, therfor demoralizing the Incan people.

English found Jamestown

Sep 30, 1607

Jamestown was England's first colony and everyone almost died, but they survived because of Native American help.

English found Plymouth

Sep 30, 1620

One of the first English settlements and it was succesful.

French and Indian War ends

Sep 30, 1763

The French Indian War was started over land claims and then the British won and got the eastern half of Norht America.