Exploration and settlement

By Sibel
  • 1492

    Columbus lands at Hispaniola In the Caribbean

    When Columbus lands at Hispaniola in 1492 marks the beginning of contact between Europeans and
    Native Americans.
  • 1513

    Balboa Discovers the Pacific Ocean in Panama

    He soon gained control of what became the southeastern and southwestern United States, including California.
  • 1521

    Cortes conquers the Aztecs at Tenochtitlan

  • 1539

    De Soto explores the region between Florida and the Mississippi river

  • 1st Parliament English settlement is founded in Jamestown, Virginia

  • Mayflower Pilgrims Found Plymouth colony in Massachusetts

  • English settlers defeat Native Americans in King Philip's war

    English settlers defeat Native Americans in King Philip's war

  • France claims the Mississippi river valley and calls it Louisiana

    France claims the Mississippi river valley and calls it Louisiana

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