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Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus finds the new world while looking for a different rout to India. Gives millions of Indians diseases.
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The first of millions of African slaves arrive in the Americas to work to their death. This was just the start to slavery in the Americas which eventually killed millions
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At first they thought Cortes was a god so they trusted hime and Cortez took all of their gold. Eventually that wasn't enough so the Spanish conqured the Aztecs.
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Pizzaro captures Atahualpa and after he gives Pizarro all of his gold for freedom, Pizarro keeps him and kills him. The Incan army never heard about him being held hostage they gave up without a fight.
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The English found their first town in the new world and 7/10 people die there. It was very dangerous to live in the new world for many reasons but Jamestown was only the first of 13 colonies made in America.
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This is the second british colony founded by the pilgrams. In England they were persecuted because of their Puritain faith and they came to the new world looking for a fresh start.
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The English had a war going on for a long time against the French and the Indians over land and they finally won. This was a smaller part of a bigger war called the seven year war that was happening in Europe.
