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Period: Aug 3, 1402 to
The Columbian Exchange
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Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus sets sailed, trying to reach the indies.
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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus discovered the new world.
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Feb 2, 1507
In 1507, Martin Waldseemüller produced a world map on which he named the new continent America after the feminine Latin version of Vespucci's first name, which is Americus.
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Jan 1, 1514
Bartolome de las Casa began fighting for Natieve American rights
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Jan 1, 1517
the catholic interpretentation of the bible were challenge
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Nov 8, 1519
Cortés Arrives to Tenochtitlan
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Apr 29, 1520
slave trade begins
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May 2, 1520
Cortes takes over the Aztec impire
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Jul 20, 1520
Aztecs get smallpox
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Feb 2, 1525
Incas get infected with smallpox
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Nov 16, 1532
Pizarro takes over Incas
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May 21, 1539
De soto expedition
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May 27, 1550
Half of the Native American poupulation died due to old diseases
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Brtish colonized North America
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Comanze utilize horse
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Europes pouplations raises drastically.
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Potatoe famine