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Sep 30, 1492
Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
Christopher Columbus led the first of his voyages and while trying to reach India, bumbed into the Caribbean. -
Sep 30, 1511
The first of the enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas.
The first of the many slaves from Africa arrived in the Americas through triangular trade. -
Oct 1, 1521
Hernando Cortes conquers the Aztec Empire
Hernando Cortes conqueres the Aztic Empire by taking advantage of them because they thought he was a god, but actually attacked them. He won because of superior weaponry and the invisible, but deadl weapon: diease. -
Oct 1, 1533
Francisco Pizarro conquers the Incan Empire.
Francisco Pizarro conquers the Incan Empire by capturing the Incan ruler and then executing him. The Incanc lost all hope after their leader was killed and the Spainish took over. -
English find Jamestown
The English find their first sucessful colony Jamestown in which was created from 3 ships holding 100 people and 70% of them died. -
The English find Plymouth
The English Pilgrams find Plymouth because they didn't want to follow the religion that most of the English practiced. -
The French/Indian war ends.
The French and Indian war ends in which the British and the French/Indians were fighting for land in the Americas.
