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When the Europeans first arrived millions of Native Americans were living on the land, in small villages, and in large cities such as the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan.
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On September 25th, 1513 Balboa Crossed Panama and discovered the Pacific Ocean with 190 other Spaniards.
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On August 13, 1521 Hernan Cortez led Spanish forces to a victorious war against the Aztec Empire.
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On May 8, 1541, Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River. He was one of the first to do so.
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Jamestown was established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 and was considered permanent after they abandoned it for a little in 1610.
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Plymouth Colony First colonial settlement in New England founded 1620 by 100 Puritan Separatist Pilgrims, who sailed on the Mayflower and settled on what is now Cape Cod bay, Massachusetts.
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King Philip's War (1675-1676) marked the last major effort by the Native Americans of southern New England to drive out the English settlers. King Philip — led a bloody uprising of Wampanoag, Nipmuck, Pocumtuck and Narragansett tribes.
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In 1682, Robert Cavalier Sieur de La Salle and a larger party of explorers followed much the same route as Marquette and Jolliet. But La Salle's journey brought him all the way to the Gulf of Mexico; where he claimed the Mississippi River Valley for his King and named it in his honor, Louisiana.
