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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus encountered the New World for the first time
Columbus found the New World in seach of getting to the indias -
Jun 9, 1534
Jacque Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence
Cartier sailed into the waters of the St. Lawrence River in eastern Canada. Although he couldn't travel up the river all the way to Asia, Cartier had in fact discovered an important waterway into the vast areas of Canada. -
May 9, 1539
Hernando de Soto's expedition of southeast
The expedition lasted 4 years. in 1539 Hernando left Havana Cuba, with nine ships, over 620 men and 220 surving horses landed a Charlotte Harbor, Florida -
Sep 22, 1554
Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado y Lujan was a Spanish conquistador and explorer, who led a great expedition from Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542 -
Sep 8, 1565
Spanish establish St. Augustine, Florida
on September 8, 1565 Pedro Menendez de Aviles landed on the shore of what is now called Matsnzas Bay and began the founding of the Presidio of San Agustin -
Apr 4, 1580
Attempted Roanoke Colony
also known as the Lost Colony, on Roanoke Island in Dare County, North Carolina, United States, was a late 16th-century attempt by Queen Elizabeth I to establish a permanent English settlement. -
French began fur trade with Indians
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Juan de Onate founded Santa Fe
He led early Spanish expeditions to the Great Plains and Lower Colorado River Valley -
Jamestown, Virginia founded
104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. -
Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec
was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608 -
John Rolfe introduced tobacco to Virginia
John Rolfe is best remembered for having introduced tobacco as a commercial crop to Virginia colonists. -
First African slaves arrived in Virginia
Whatever the status of these first Africans to arrive at Jamestown, it is clear that by 1640, at least one African had been declared a slave. This African was ordered by the court "to serve his said master or his assigns for the time of his natural life here or elsewhere." -
Beaver Wars
also known as the Iroquois Wars or the French and Iroquois Wars -
Marquette and Joliet sailed down the Mississippi
exploring the Mississippi in 1673. The expedition went down the Wisconsin River until, on June 17, they suddenly came to a broad, majestic stream -- the Mississippi River -
The Pueblo Revolt
was an uprising of most of the Pueblo Indians against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, present day New Mexico.