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  Henry Hudson
Jacques Cartier
John Cabot - 
  
  England founds colony in America
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  Martin Luther, a German priest, protested the practices of the Catholic Church, leading to a religious reform movement called the
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  Europeans are immune to disease,
Native Americans are very vulnerable - 
  
  Philip sent the Spanish Armada to England to overthrow Queen Elizabeth and the Anglican Church.
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  The North American territory spread out from the St. Lawrence River
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  First colonies pop up in Florida
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  First slaves taken from Africa