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Atlantic World and Discovery of the New World

By bkawana
  • Sep 22, 1492

    Columbus sailed the ocean blue

    Columbus sails for Spain and finds American, but thinks he is in India
  • Sep 22, 1511

    First enslaved African arrives in the Americas

    First enslaved African arrives in the Americas
    Europeans traded with Africans in order to get slaves to work in their fields
  • Sep 22, 1521

    Cortes conquers Aztec Empire

    Montezuma and the Aztecs thought Cortes was a god because of his whits skin blond hair and armor. They gave Cortes a lot of gold becuase Cortes "had a heart illnes only gold can cure".
  • Sep 22, 1533

    Pizarro conquers Incan empire

    The Spanish men had horses which were much faster than men. The Spanish captured Incan cheif Atahualpa as hostage, and eventually killed him.

  • English found Jamestown

    English found Jamestown
    The expedition was sent by Virgina Company of London, and is named sfter King James the 1st

  • English found Plymouth

    English found Plymouth
    (mayflower) Pilgrams landed in Plymouth Massachusetts.

  • French and Indian War ends

    French and Indian War ends
    The fight between the English and the French over the land of the Dutch (New Netherlands).