Exploration and Settlement

Columbus lands at Hispaniola in the Caribbean

1492

Columbus sighted Cuba and he thought it was the mainland China and in December landed in Hispaniola which he thought was japan

Balboa " discovers " the Pacific Ocean in Panama

1513

Balboa was the first European to lead an expedition and the first to seen and reach the pacific and hes known for being the best to have crossed the Isthmus of Panama.

Cortes conquers the Aztecs at Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)

1521

Cortes invaded Mexico then conquered the Aztec empire and hes one of the most known Spanish conquistadors.

De Soto explores the region between Florida and The Mississippi River

1539

De Soto was a Spanish Explorer and led the first European expedition into the territory of the United States

First permanent English settlement is founded in Jamestown, Virginia

1607

The Jamestown settlement in Virginia was one of the first settlements in a America

Mayflower Pilgrims found Plymouth colony in Massachusetts

1620

The first colonial settlement in New England and their was 100 pilgrims

English settlers defeat Native American in King Philips War

1676

This is marked as a last big effort by the Native Americans of the Southern New England

France claims the Mississippi River Valley and names it Louisiana

1682

Robert Cavalier Sieur de La Salle claimed that the Mississippi River Valley for his King