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May 12, 1000
Leif Ericson, the Viking, sails to the east coast of North America.
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Apr 15, 1492
Christopher Columbus lands in the Bahamas and finds 'The New World'. He calls the native Americans 'INDIANS'.
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Apr 12, 1565
St. Augustine (Florida) is founded as Spanish stronghold and is the first permanent white settlement in America.
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Sir Walter Raleigh tries to found an English settlement at Roanoke Island but it mysteriously disappears.
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Jamestown in Virginia becomes the first permanent English settlement in America.
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English Pilgrims arrive on the 'Mayflower' at Plymouth.
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War Independence. American Colonies break away from British rule. From 1776 on, they call themselves the United States (U.S.)
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The first of 370 treaties between the U.S. and Indians is signed.