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Sep 8, 1492
Chritopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue
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Sep 8, 1492
New World for the first time
Christopher Columbus discovered san salvador on his voyage to japan this was the first land he found. -
Period: Sep 8, 1492 to
Christopher columbus sailed the ocean blue
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Sep 22, 1510
Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas
Coronado's led a great expedition from mexico to present-day Kansas -
Sep 9, 1518
French began fur trade with Indians
This was not an unrealistic expectation, for when Hernando Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico. -
Apr 9, 1534
Jacque Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence
the king ordered him to find gold, spices, and a water passage from France to Asia. -
Sep 8, 1539
Hernando de Soto’s expedition of the Southeast
Hernando de Soto nine ships, 620 men, and 220 surviving horse sailed the ocean and landed in Charlotte Harbor, Florida -
Sep 9, 1550
Juan de Onate founded Santa Fe
He led early Spanish expeditions to the Great Plains and Lower Colorado River Valley. -
Sep 8, 1565
Spanish established St. Augustine, Florida
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed on what is now called Matanzas Bay and began the found the Presidio of San Agustin. -
Aug 13, 1574
Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec
He founded New France and Quebec City.
He is important to Canadian history because he made the first accurate map of the coast and he helped establish the settlements. -
Roanoke Colony
was a late 16th-century attempt by Queen Elizabeth I to establish a permanent English settlement. -
John Rolfe introduced tobacco to Virginia
John Rolfe is best remembered for having introduced tobacco as a commercial crop to Virginia colonists. -
Beaver Wars
Encouraged and armed by their Dutch and English trading partners, the Iroquois sought to expand their territory and monopolize the fur trade and the trade between European markets and the tribes of the western Great Lakes region. -
Jamestown, Virginia founded
The founding of Jamestown, America’s first permanent English colony. -
First African slaves arrived in Virginia
Arrival of "20 and Odd" Blacks in late August of 1619 aboard a Dutch man of war. These blacks were sold/traded into servitude for supplies. -
Plymouth, Massachusetts founded
On December 21, 1620, the Pilgrims began a new colony in what is today known as the Town of Plymouth. -
Marquette and Joliet sailed down the Mississippi
Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet mainly sailed down the Missipi River, starting in Lake Michigan and continuing until they reached Arkansas. -
The Pueblo Revolt
The Pueblo killed 400 Spanish and drove the remaining 2,000 settlers out of the province. -
Pennsylvania Colony founded
The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was founded in English North America by William Penn on March 4, 1681 -
South Carolina colony founded
Eight nobles with a Royal Charter from Charles II.
In 1663, King Charles II issued a royal charter to eight nobles to settle the area south of Virginia. -
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.