The start of the Nahuatl speaking groups is dated back to around 500CE or 500AD. They came from the deserts of Northern Mexico into Central Mexico. They are considered the ancestors of Aztec culture and other Nahua people.
1492
Columbus lands at Hispaniola in the Caribbean
1513
Balboa "discovers" the Pacific Ocean in Panama
1521
Cortes conquers the Aztecs at Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)
1539
De Soto explores the region between Florida and the Mississippi River.
First permanent English settlement is founded in Jamestown, Virginia
Slavery was brought to Northern America when the English enslaved Africans to Virginia
Mayflower Pilgrims found Plymouth colony in Massachusetts
English settlers defeat Native American in King Philip's War
France claims the Mississipi River Valley and names it Louisiana
Suggested by archaeological and oral traditions that the Cherokee ancestors occupied the southern Appalachian mountains around 8000 BCE
The Cherokees are of Iroquoian lineage and was one of the largest tribes at the time of European colonization of the Americas.
The Cherokees are of Iroquoian lineage and was one of the largest tribes at the time of European colonization of the Americas.