Atlantic World and Discovery of the New World

Columbus sailed the ocean blue

Oct 3, 1492

Columbus sails across the Atlantic and lands in the America's.

First enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas

Oct 3, 1511

Africans were brought and sold in America as property as part of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Cortés conquers Aztec Empire

Oct 3, 1521

Spanish Conquestador Cortés defeats the Aztec empire of much greater numbers with the power of guns, accidental disease and horses.

Pizarro conquers Incan Empire

Oct 3, 1533

Pizarro captures Atahaulpa and conquers the vast Incan empire with much fewer men.

English found Jamestown

Oct 3, 1607

English found Jamestown and make it the capital of New World colonies.

English found Plymouth

Oct 3, 1620

2nd boat of English colonists get blown off course and land in Pkymouth. They found the colony of Plymouth.

French and Indian War ends

Oct 3, 1763

War over new world land between French and British ends in a resounding British victory.