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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus encountered the New World for the first time
Columbus reached the new world believing it was East Asia.He thought the Atlantic ocean was the only thing between Europe and the East Indies. -
Jun 9, 1534
Jacque Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence
In order to find gold,valuable materials and a passage to Asia for the king,the french Jacque Cartier crossed the St. Lawrence river.Although,he discovered something else:the water ways to Canada and it`s natives. -
Period: Sep 10, 1538 to Sep 10, 1543
Hernando de Soto’s expedition of the Southeast
After finding out about the existence of a new continent,the king of spain sent an expedition commanded by Hernando de Soto to the southeastern north america`s territory. -
Period: Sep 10, 1540 to Sep 10, 1542
Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas
The governor Coronado was interested about transportable riches on the seven cities of cibola.So he decided to take over the north of New Spain. -
Sep 8, 1565
Spanish establish St. Augustine, Florida
Pedro menendez landed on matanzas and found the presidio of san agustin,which is now the settlement of St.Augustine -
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Attempted Roanoke Colony
The queen Elisabeth I tried to colonize the firts permanent english settlement on Roanoke island.But the colonizers disappeared at the anglo-spanish war. -
Juan de Onate founded Santa Fe
With the intention of finding legendary riches,Juan de Onate proposed an expediction to Viceroy Luis Velasco.He reached a valley some miles away from the Rio Grande,which he called ''Santa Fe'' -
Jamestown, Virginia founded
The english finaly settled their firsts permanent settlement on america and named it based on their king James I -
Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec
Samuel,who had countless titles to carry,decided to join an adventure which would benefit not only himself but the entire france.With the objective to find a ship-canal of Panama,he discovered a canoe in seas of north america which couldn`t be made by someone in Europe.After searching the area,he found the region of Quebec. -
John Rolfe introduced tobacco to Virginia
John Rolfe once found the tobacco in the area of Virginia with the first english settlers an it dominated the agriculture of chesapeake region. -
First African slaves arrived in Virginia
One of the english captains an his crew robbed the cargo of a spanish ship,which contained black servants and slaves.They were sold on Virginia in exchange of food. -
Plymouth, Massachusetts founded
The famous mayflower ship,which contained over 100 english man and woman,sealed to the new world with the goal of forming the first permanent settlement in the New England.They landed on the shores of Massachusetts and survived with the local natives. -
South Carolina colony founded
The South Carolina was found by eight English nobles and a royal charter from the king Charles II.It developed and exported lots of tobacco. -
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Marquette and Joliet sailed down the Mississippi
After being sent to a mission in Canada,Jacques Marquete and the comissioner Louis Joilet tried to reach the pacific ocean and found out about the Mississippi river. -
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Beaver Wars
The Iroquois were interested and encouraged to expand their territory over north america and monopolize the fur-trade.But that brought brutal conflict. -
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French began fur trade with Indians
The French finaly made a deal with the america`s natives for information.In exchange,they gave them ritual materials,wich made the natives fight for it -
The Pueblo Revolt
Sick of all the deaths the spanish colonizers caused,the native americans who lived near Santa Fe turnep up aganist them attempting to take back what they have lost. -
Pennsylvania Colony founded
In march 4th,the admiral William Penn founded the area of pennsylvania and traded for it`s possession. -
Georgia Colony founded
Five decades since the first British colony,right after sailing the atlantic,James Edward Oglethorpe and his followers found the colony of Georgia and named it in honor of the actual king:George II