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Jan 1, 1450
Printing Press is Invented by Johannes Gutenberg. I Really Like Him for This
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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus Lands 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 NInety-Five Theses to the Church Door
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Oct 22, 1524
France sends Giovanni Verrazano to search for the Northwest passage
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Nov 8, 1529
Cortez Conquers the Aztecs
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Nov 16, 1531
Pizarro Conquers the Incas
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Oct 22, 1534
Jacques Cartier claims the St. Lawrence Seaway and parts of Canada for France
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Nov 1, 1534
King Henry VIII Breaks From the Roman Catholic CHurch and Founds the Anglican Church
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Oct 22, 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 Indies
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Sep 1, 1565
St. Augustine, Florida is Founded (The Oldest City in the U.S.)
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Sir Walter Raleigh Founds Roanoke Island off the Coast of North Carolina
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Captain John White returns to Roanoke
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Spanish Armada is Defeated an d England Becomes Mistress of the Seas
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Jamestown is founded by the London Company of England
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The Dutch send Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passage
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Samuel de Champlain Founded Quebec
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The Dutch send Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passage
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The Dutch send Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passage
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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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The Dutch West India Company sends settlers to New Netherlands
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Peter Minuit Purchases Manhatten Island from the Native Americans
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New Amsterdam is founded 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 explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet explore the Mississippi River
