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He "Discover America"
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Claimed new colonies for spain
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Conquered the inca empire in peru
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Assisted Pizarro with the conquest of the inca
First to discover and cross the Mississippi River -
Viceroys - governors who ruled in the name of the Crown – initially Cortez
Land divided in to called encomienda's
Harsh forced labor system in which native Americans farmed ranched or mined -
Conquered the native Americans and established new Spain
Land divided in to called encomienda's
Harsh forced labor system in which native Americans farmed ranched or mined -
Virginia Dare – first baby born in America to English parents
*Captain: John White sailed back to England for supplies.
(granddaughter of John White) -
New France- along the st Lawrence river and the great lakes.
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Samuel de Champlain
*Dutch West India Company
New France- along the st Lawrence river and the great lakes.
Only Catholics allowed in the new territory, except for French protestants
Became fur traders -
Peter Minuit
New Amsterdam-Hudson river
New York,Albany
Long island -
New Amsterdam-Hudson river
New York,Albany
Long island -
- July 1861
- AKA – Manassas
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Antietam
- September 1862
- Antietam Creek, Maryland -
Vicksburg
- November 1862
- Vicksburg, Mississippi -
Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Dec. 1862
- Large number of Union casualties
- CONFEDERATE VICTORY -
Chancellorsville, Virginia
- May 1863
- Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson killed
- CONFEDERATE VICTORY -
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Election of 1876 *Grant’s administration surrounded by corruption (Whiskey Ring, Credit Mobilier)
*Samuel Tilden (Democrat) v. Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) -
Sir Walter Raleigh John White Virginia Dare
Virginia Dare – first baby born in America to English parents
*Captain: John White sailed back to England for supplies.
(granddaughter of John White) -
The day I was born.
