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As the old saying goes, "In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue." -
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In 1521, Hernan finally conquered Tenochtitlan, after the rest of the empire had joined the Spanish or had fallen. -
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Even though Pizarro conquered Cuzco, the Inca empire would still last a little while longer. -
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In 1534, Jacques Cartier tried to colonize near present-day Quebec, but failed to do so. However, this was the start of the fur trade with the Indigenous Americans. -
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Around 2 years after he conquered Cuzco, the capital, he founded Lima, the present/past day capital of Peru. -
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The Inca were conquered in 1572, almost 40 years after Cuzco was brought down. -
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In 1585, the Roanoke colony, known for being the colony at the center of the mystery of the Roanoke mystery, was established. As it was implied, it was not successful. -
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In 1603, Samuel de Champlain colonized Port-Royal (or Annapolis-Royal in Nova-Scotia present day). -
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In 1607, the first successful English colony was established, leading to many more successful colonies in the coming century, and thus the original 13 colonies.
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5 years later, in 1608, Samuel de Champlain settled a place they called Quebec. -
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In 1620, the Mayflower left but returned twice, wasting a month of time. However, on their third try, they were successful. -
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In 1624, the second colony, Virginia, was founded. -
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In 1632, the British colonized Maryland, their 3rd colony. Its importance was among many other things, the "Act of Toleration". -
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In 1663, King Louis the 14th made New France a Royal Province. -
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In 1763, New France fell to the English, and French colonists in places like Quebec became British.