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He took his 3 ships and started sailing to the New World. They first landed at Lucayos. They also gave and got gifts.
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John Cabot was the first European encounter with the mainland of North America.
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Columbus founded the town of Isabella after finding another town destroyed.
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Sebastion Cabot, the son of John Cabot, Came to North America in search of North West passageway.
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He took a expedition to prove that Florida was indeedpart of a continent.
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Sailed to the New World.
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Sailed west of Newfoundland and "discovered" the St Lawrence River
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Sailed west of Newfoundland and "discovered" the St. Lawrence River.
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He went throughout the southeast region of North American looking for gold.
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Went throughout the southwest region on Noth America looking for God, Glory, and Gold. They didnt find it but they did discover the Grand Canyon. They converted some Pueblo Indians to christianity but not many. In their rage they enslaved hundreds and drove others to suicide.
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Martin Fronisher voyaged to the new world to find a Northwest passageway, but his motive later changed to gold.
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Sir Walter Raleigh sent colonies to the east of North America which he named Virginia. Raleigh was the leader of multiple colonies in North America & Raleigh made tobacco popular in England.
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Cration of the VOC. The main goal of the company was to find a way to reach India.
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John Smith lead many colonies such as the Jamestown and Virgina settlement in North America.
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Found Quebec.
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VOC commissioned Henry Hudson (who was English). He discovered part of the actual USA and Canada. He entred the actual Upper New York Bay and sailed the river which now bears his name.
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Sailed the Hudson. Discover that part of actual USA which stands between Virginia and Canada and he called it "New Netherland".
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First Dutch settlement in America.
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The first colonists moved to Fort Nassau (now called Fort Orange) which was previously only a trading post to trade with Natives.
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Peter Minuit (the chief of VOC) bought the island of Manhattan and started to build Fort Amsterdam which will become New Amsterdam.
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First Dutch colonies in the Caribbean.
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Other Dutch settlement in the Carribean.
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After a war against Spanish Sint Maarten was lost so Dutch settled in Sint Eustatius and Curaçao.
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New Amsterdam was lost to English and was renamed New York (from Prince James Duke of York, who ordered the English spedition).
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Holland started and lost a war against England. They definitely lost New Netherlands.
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Explored the Mississippi River.
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Suriname was sold to The Netherland by British.
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He was the founder of New Orleans and explored the Mississippi Valley.
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Cruised the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and was the first to enter the Mississippi from the south.
