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1492
First Voyage of Christopher Columbus to the Western Hemisphere
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1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
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1500
Brazil Claimed for Portugal by Pedro Alvarez de Cabral
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1518
Smallpox Epidemic in the Caribbean
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Period: 1519 to 1521
Spanish Conquest of Mexico
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1525
Execution of Cuauhtemoc
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Period: 1532 to 1540
Spanish Conquest of Peru
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1545
Spanish Discovery of Silver Near Potosi
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Foundation of Port Royal (Nova Scotia)
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Foundation of Jamestown
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Foundation of Quebec
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Foundation of New Amsterdam
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Foundation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Smallpox Epidemic on Guam
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French and Indian War in North America
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Transfer of French Canadian Possessions to British Rule
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Period: to
Captain James Cook's Exploration of the Pacific Ocean
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Establishment of First European Colony in Australia