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1491
Pre-Columban tribes
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1492
Columbus discovers America
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1494
Treaty of Tordesilla
Portuguese + Spanish divide South America. -
1517
Protestant Reformation
95 Theses by Martin Luther. -
1519
Cortes conquers Mexico
1519-1521. -
1532
Pizarro conquers Incas
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1540
Coronado explores Southwest
1540-42. -
1570
Iroquois Confederacy founded
Late 1500s. -
Roanoke Colony
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England defeats Spanish Armada
Reinvigorates English for colonization. -
Jamestown