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Period: Sep 8, 1492 to
European Colonization
Europeans colonizeation. -
Oct 8, 1492
Columbus encounters the new world
Columbus sailing for the spanish empire encountered the new world for the first time. -
Period: Sep 9, 1500 to
Fur Trade
The Dakota and Ojibwe were the primary trappers of fur-bearing animals in the Northwest Territory -
Jun 9, 1534
Jacque Cartier sailed the Saint Lawrence
Jacques Cartier left France by boat in April 1534, the king ordered him to find gold, spices (which were valuable at that time), and a water passage from France to Asia -
Mar 8, 1540
Hernando de Soto expedition of the southeast
First European to see present day's Arkansas. -
Sep 8, 1540
Cornado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas
locating the fabled Seven Cities of Cíbola in the New World for Spain -
Sep 8, 1565
Spanish establish St. Augustine, Florida
locating the fabled Seven Cities of Cíbola in the New World for Spain -
Attempted Roanoke Colony
n 1584 the island was explored by Captains Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe, who had been sent there by Sir Walter Raleigh to select a site for an English colony in North America. After two months’ exploration of the North Carolina coast,. -
Jaun de Onate founded Santa Fe
Four hundred years ago, Spanish explorers measured success by the amounts of silver and gold they found. After a 700-mile miracle trek through the Chihuahuan desert, Don Juan de Oñate sent small search parties in all directions to search for treasure. -
Jamestown, Virginia founded
On May 14, 1607, a group of roughly 100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River -
Samuel de champlain founded Quebec
Heading an expedition that left France in 1608, Champlain undertook his most ambitious project—the founding of Quebec. On earlier expeditions he had been a subordinate, but this time he was the leader of 32 colonists. -
John Rolfe tobacco to virginia
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First african slaves in Virginia
This is when african workers were imported -
Plymouth founded
The pilgrims created a new colony called this -
South Carolina colony founded
Founded by King Charles II -
Marquette and Joliet sailed down the mississippi
In the late 1600s European explorers began paddling up and down the Mississippi River, passing along Iowa's eastern border. -
Pueblo Revolt
carefully organized revolt of Pueblo Indians (in league with Apaches), who succeeded in overthrowing Spanish rule in New Mexico for 12 years. -
Pennsylvania colony founded
Province of Pennsylvania. -
Beaver Wars
Having defeated the Huron confederacy to their north and west, the Iroquois took the Beaver Wars to the large Algonquin population to their north and east, to the Algonquian territory to their west and south, and to the French settlements of Huronia -
Georgia Colony founded
In 1732, James Oglethorpe was given a charter from King George II to create a new colony which he would name Georgia. This was located between South Carolina and Florida. It had two main purposes: to serve as a place where debtors in prison could go to start anew and it served as a barrier against Spanish expansion from Florida.