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- Christopher Columbus's journey to the Caribbean started the relationship between the Native Americans and the Europeans -new comers wanted their land
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- he became the first European to lead an expedition -reached the pacific from the new world -he was a Spanish explore and helped set up the first settle on the south american continent
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-the win of cortes against the aztecs
- lead the expedition that lead to the fall of the aztecs -
- De Soto was the first European to reach the Mississippi River
- he came to the new world in 1514
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- Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement
- founded by the Virginia Company
- First to settle were the Puritans
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- Mayflower brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Now called Cape Cod Bay
- About 100 people were on the Mayflower
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-Last attempt to drive out English settlers by the Indians
-Indians were mad over the colonist expansion of land
-King Philip of India was beheaded
- Fighting lasted 14 months -
-French explored the down the Gold of Mexico
- They claimed the Mississippi River
-They called it Louisiana
