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Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue
On August 3, 1942 Christopher Columbus set out on his first voyage to Asia. -
Sep 22, 1511
First Enslaved Africans Arrive in The Americas
Bartolome De Las Casas, an educated Catholic Priest, lived with natives and thought it was inhumane to enslave them. Instead of natives Bartolome thought it would be better to enslave Africans. In 1511 the first 400,000 thousand slaves arrived in the Americas to work on sugar plantation for up to 48 hours at a time, work in danerous mines, and live in inhumane con ditions -
May 1, 1521
Cortes Conquers Aztec Empire
In May, 1521 Cortes arrives in the Aztec Capital Tenochtitlan and kills the emperor Montezuma. He is able to do this by arriving at the same year Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec sun god, was supposed to, dressing in shiny armor, and arriving from the east. He also told Montezuma that he had a disease only gold could cure. Cortez took advantage of the diseases the Europeans carried, their guns, and their weapons made out of steel. -
Sep 22, 1533
Pizarro Conquers Incan empire
In 1533, Pizarro conquers the Incan Empire and their emperor, Atahualpa, because he has numerous advantages. He destroys them with guns and swords, but their largest weapon were diseases that the Incas were not immune to. Also, the Incas' swords could only incapacitate, not kill. -
English Found Jamestown
In 1607, the unsuccessful town of Jamestown was founded. There were a total of three ships, and 100 occupants. In the first few years 7/10 people died due to starvation It was the capital of the Colony of Virginia, until after 100 years, it moved to Richmond. -
English Found Plymouth
Since Pilgrims were not allowed to practice their form of Christianity, they wanted to find a new world. Because they saw what happened to Jamestown and Roanoke they settled in Plymouth. They wrote a letter to England, and were then allowed to create their own government. -
French and Indian War Ends
In 1763, the French and Idian War Ends. The war was named by the British because they were fighting both the Indians and the French, and it was one portion of the seven year war.
