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1492
Columbus "discovers america"
Lands in hispaniola thinks he in india -
1519
Conquistadores “Conquerors” Hernando Cortez
Claimed new colonies or spain
Conquered the Aztec empire
Germs, steel, guns
Most aztecs died from small pox and measles -
1532
Conquistadores Francisco Pizarro
claimed new colonies for spain
conquered the inca empire in peru -
1539
Conquistadores Hernan de Soto
assisted pizarro with the conquest of the inca
first to discover and cross the mississippi
river -
1565
Spanish Settlement
Conquered the native Americans and established new spain -
English Settlement
first attempt into a permane -
Jamestown
1st successful english settlement -
French Settlement
Settlement along the St. Lawrence river and the great lakes crea`ting New France -
Dutch Settlement
Offered huge land tracts called patron ships, few restrictions on who could settle in New Amsterdam - kept settlers from being attracted.. -
Roger William
William was a separatist and believed in religious freedom which got him banished from Massachusetts -
Anne Hutchinson
Challenged authority of puritan ministers and leaders, banished from colony -
Pequot
Pequot Indians in Connecticut resisted white settlement -
navigation acts
required all trade between england and the colonies to be carried in english
