Atlantic World and Discovery of the New World

By mhernand1
  • Sep 17, 1492

    Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue

    Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue
    Spainish needed someone to explore the West Indies, so they hired the Italian Columbus to do so. He thought he had found the West Indies, when he really just found America.
  • Period: Sep 17, 1492 to

    Atlantic World and the Discovery of the New World

  • Sep 17, 1511

    First Enslaved Africans Arrive in the Americas

    First Enslaved Africans Arrive in the Americas
    Africans were put to work on plantations, and they were first brought in by the Spainish.
  • Sep 17, 1521

    Cortés Conquers Aztec Empire

    Cortés Conquers Aztec Empire
    Cortes conquers the giant Aztec empire. It was his 200 soldiers against about 20,000 Aztecs. Cortes defeated them with guns, germs, and steel.
  • Sep 17, 1533

    Pizarro Conquers Incan Empire

    Pizarro Conquers Incan Empire
    Pizarro conquers the Incan Empire with guns, germs, and steel.

  • English Found Jamestown

    English Found Jamestown
    Jamestown, a small port colony, second colony in America; survived very long.

  • English Found Plymouth

    English Found Plymouth
    Plymouth was found by the English Puritans looking to practice their Christianity somewhere else.

  • French and Indian War Ends

    French and Indian War Ends
    British fought the French over land East of the Mississippi and part of Canada.