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Jan 1, 1450
printing press invented by Johannes Gutenberg
printing press invented by Johannes Gutenberg -
Period: Jan 1, 1450 to
American History
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Oct 12, 1492
Christoper Columbus lans in San Salvador
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May 25, 1498
Vasco da Gama makes the all water trip to India
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Apr 3, 1513
Ponce de Leon lands in Florida
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Oct 31, 1517
German Monk Martin Luther nails his 95 theses to the church door
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Nov 8, 1519
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
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Oct 23, 1524
France send Giovanni Verrazano to search for the Northwest Passage
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Nov 16, 1531
Pizarro conquers the Incas
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Jun 9, 1534
jaques cartier claims the St. Lawerence seaway and parts of Canada for France
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Nov 1, 1534
King Henry 8 breaks from the Roman Catholic Church and finds the Anglican Church
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May 8, 1541
Hernando de soto discovers the MIssissippi river
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Jan 1, 1552
Bartolome de Las Casa writes A short account of the destruction of the Indes
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Sep 1, 1565
St. Augustine Florida is founded (the oldest city in the US)
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Sir Walter Raliegh founds Roanoke island off the coast of North Carolina
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Spanish Armada is defeated and England becomes Mistress of the sea
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Captain John White returns to Roanoke
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Jamestown is founded by the London company of england
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Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec
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The Dutch send Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passeage
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the dutch west indian company sends settlers to new netherlands
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Dutch West India company sent settler to settle in New Netherlands ( parts of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut)
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Peter Minuit purchases Manhattan island from the native americans
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New amsterdam is found by Peter Minuit
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Peter Minuit helped the Swedish found Ft. Christina on the Delaware River
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Ft. christina is founded
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french exploresrs Jaques Marquette and louis Jolliet explore the mississippi river
