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1492
Chris
He "Discover America" -
1519
Hernando Cortez
Claimed new colonies for spain -
1532
Francisco Pizarro
Conquered the inca empire in peru -
1539
Hernan de Soto
Assisted Pizarro with the conquest of the inca
First to discover and cross the Mississippi River -
1565
Spain
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 -
1565
Spain
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 -
England
Virginia Dare – first baby born in America to English parents
*Captain: John White sailed back to England for supplies.
(granddaughter of John White) -
France
New France- along the st Lawrence river and the great lakes. -
France
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 -
Dutch Republic
Peter Minuit
New Amsterdam-Hudson river
New York,Albany
Long island -
dutch Republic
New Amsterdam-Hudson river
New York,Albany
Long island -
First Battle of Bull Run
- July 1861
- AKA – Manassas
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Antietam
Antietam
- September 1862
- Antietam Creek, Maryland -
Vicksburg - November 1862 - Vicksburg, Mississippi
Vicksburg
- November 1862
- Vicksburg, Mississippi -
Fredericksburg, Virginia - Dec. 1862 - Large number of Union casualties - CONFEDERATE VICTORY
Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Dec. 1862
- Large number of Union casualties
- CONFEDERATE VICTORY -
Chancellorsville, Virginia - May 1863 - Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson killed - CONFEDERATE VICTORY
Chancellorsville, Virginia
- May 1863
- Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson killed
- CONFEDERATE VICTORY -
Appomattox - April 1865 - Grant surrounds Lee outside of Richmond, Va
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Election of 1876
Election of 1876 *Grant’s administration surrounded by corruption (Whiskey Ring, Credit Mobilier)
*Samuel Tilden (Democrat) v. Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) -
England
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) -
My brithday
The day I was born.
