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Jun 1, 1001
the vickings newfinland
The vickings were people who came from scandinavia. In A.D.1001,Leif Ericsson and 35 other vickings explored the coast of labrador and stayed the winter in newfoundland. -
Nov 1, 1493
columbus second voyage to america
columbus soon left for his second voyage with 17 ships and 1,200 colonists. In november 1493 he landed in hispaniola, many of the colonists felt that columbus had mislead them with the promises of gold so the colonists went back to spain. columbus stayed and found more gold. -
Jan 1, 1497
england takes interst in america
in 1497 ,the king of england sent john cabot to find the western route to asia. -
Jan 1, 1511
the spanish encourted the Aztec
spanish troops led by diego velazque conquered cuba -
Nov 1, 1511
The spanish encounter the aztec
in 1511 spanish troops, led by divelazquez ,conqured cuba.cortes took part in the invasion and his courage impressed velazquez. -
Jan 1, 1513
juan pounce de leon
juan ponce de leon , the spanish governor of puerto rico discovered in 1513. -
Feb 18, 1519
The spanish Encounter the Aztec
Cortes set sail for mxico. He had 11 ships, 550 men, and 16 horses. -
Jan 1, 1520
the reformation divides europe
luther was expelled from the catholic church but his ideas started to spread rapidly across western europe. -
Nov 1, 1520
orgnizing rebellions
In 1520 the aztec priests orgnized a rebellion aganist the spanish and drove out of the captial. -
Nov 1, 1521
defeating the aztec
in 1521 cortes launches another attack and this time he defeated the aztec -
Nov 1, 1524
the french empire in america
In 1524, three years after cortes conquered the aztec, king francis 1of france sent giovannai da verrazano to map no0rth americas coastline -
Jan 1, 1526
pizarro conquers the inca
in 1526 pizarro landed in preu and encourted the inca empire -
Nov 19, 1527
king henery gets married
in 1527 king henery the 8th asked the pope to his annual marriage -
Nov 1, 1550
economy changes in england
england was produceing mare wool than europeans would buy and the price fell. -
new france is founded
fur-particularly beaver -fur had become very fashionable in europe. -
jamestown is founded
in 1606 england granted the virginia company premission to establish colonies in virginia. -
the piligrims land at plyomuth
to escape this prescution one group of separatist fled to holland in 1608 -
virginia company
in 1614 the virginia company had hired captian john smith to explore the region . -
the mayflower arrives in america
in september 1620, 102 passangers set off on the journey across the altantic aboard the mayflower .the trip took 65days. -
a city on a hill
the company(massachustts bay company)had already recieved a royal charter to create a colony in new england. -
roger williams founds providence
a young minister named roger williams arrives in boston. -
roger williams founds providence
a young minister named roger williams arrives in boston -
james is founded
england granted the virginia company permission to establish colonies in virgina. -
new france expands
france's king louis xiv sized controal to new france and made it a royal colony. -
new netherland
king charles decided that the time had come to seize new netherland. -
the holy experiments
william penn became involved in quaker attempts to create a colony in the 1670. -
war
wr erupted between the backcountry settlers and native americans -
the georgia experiment
general james oglethorpe , a wealthy member of parilaments, was appalied to find that many people in england were in prison simply because they could not pay their debts. -
settling louisiana
the french in louisiana had imported over 1,800 enslaved africans to work on their plantations -
the spanish settle the the southwest
spanish missionaries led by the franciscan priest. junipero of serra took controal of california by establishing a chain of missions from san diego to san franciso. -
slavery in the colonies
between 10 and 12 million africans were transported on the jouney known as the middle passage. -
columbus sails to america in august 1492
colombus and his three ships left spain in august 1492.he landed on the bahamas , probably on what is today called watling island. columbus found the island of cuba and hispaniola. He then returned to spain with gold,parrots,spices, and native americans. -
new spain expands
after destorying the tenochitilan, cortes ordered a new city ,named mexico, to be built in its place.
