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Columbus started sailing to the west with famous ships nina pinta and santa maria
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Territorial conflicts between portugal and spain were resolved
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Columbus had explored puerto rico, virgin islands, Jamaica and Trindad
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Hernando Cortes made small empire of spanish and native americans
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Cortes and army took control of gold and silver mines
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Expored the northwest part of North America to find the elusive passage to the Orient in 1535. Also in 1535 Cartier sailed west of Newfoundland & "discovered" the St.Lawrence River, he would return to this area in three voyages between 1535 and 1541
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Sir Martin Frobisher search for Northwest Passage that links Europe with the Orient.
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Sir Francis Drake - First English Circumnavigation, (traveling around by ship or plane)
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Roanoke "Lost Colony" founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, lasted about 10 months.
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Bartholomew Goshold explored the New England Coast.
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Henry Hudson was hired to find a passage by the North Pole to Japan and China
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Henry Hudson finds green land
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Jamestown was founded and the Joint stock company was formed, which is a company owned by the shareholders.
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Henry Hudson was ready to command his second expedition to discover a northeast passage through the Arctic waters north of Russia.
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Founded Quebec and heaed further into the woodlands of Canada.
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Hudson left Amserdam on,aboad the Half Moon,a small eighty-ton yacht with a crew of eighteen sailors
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SAiling along the coast of Norway, he reached the North Cape
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Half Moon sailed into the majestic river off the Atlantic coast by chance. Strong head winds and stroms forced them to aboandon the northeast voyage after 150 miles; the Half Moon did not reach the Paciic, but Albany, New York.
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Pilgrims arrive at Cape Cod.
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By this time there was 1,200 settlers in Jamestown.
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Virginia becomes a Royal Colony.
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Puritans arrive at Massachusetts Bay.
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Both men were sent to the Mississippi River to find out if it was the long-sought water passage to the Pacific. They were aslo sent to find out if the kingdoms of Quivira and Theguaio real.
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The first ship bringing African slaves to North America.