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In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic trying to find the East Indies, but instead landed in the Caribbean.
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African slaves are brought to the Americas to work on cotton plantations and farm.
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Cortes conqures the Aztec empire as being seen as a god to the aztecs. He also conqured them with the help of European diseases like smallpox. Cortez was in search of gold.
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Pizarro in search of gold conquers the Aztecs and King Atahualpa. After king Atahualpa offers the Spanish two rooms of gold and one of silver, after recieving the treasure in the rooms the spanish kill Atahualpa.
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The English land on the coast of Virginia and name the settlement Jamestown after their king, King James.
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A second English colony in Massachusettes founded because a group of people named the Pilgrims wanted to get away from England because they were being persecuted for their religeon.
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British Colonies wanted more land and started interfering with the French, and it turned into war. The British Army eventually defeated the French.
