Atlantic World- Discovery of the New World

By oakhtarzad1
  • Sep 17, 1492

    Columbus sailed the ocean blue

    Columbus sailed the ocean blue
    King Ferninand and Queen Isabella funded Columbus's journey over the Atlantic to find a faster route to Asia, but ended up in the Americas
  • Sep 17, 1511

    First enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas

    First enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas
    African Slaves in the New World Spanish settlers bring slaves from Africa to Santo Domingo (now the capital of the Dominican Republic).
  • Sep 17, 1521

    Cortés conquers Aztec Empire

    Cortés conquers Aztec Empire
    Cortes arrives at modern day Mexico and like welcomed and treated like a God by Montezuma. He then conquers the Aztecs with many strategies such guns, steel, and germs
  • Sep 17, 1533

    Pizarro conquers Incan Empire

    Pizarro conquers Incan Empire
    Pizarro conquers the Incan Empire after caputring their leader, Atahualpa,

  • English found Jamestown

    English found Jamestown
    English colonies arrive along the West Bank of the James River in Virginia, founded the first permanant settlement in North America.

  • English found Plymouth

    English found Plymouth

  • Fench and Indian War Ends

    Fench and Indian War Ends
    The Seven Years' War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War, ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by France, Great Britain, and Spain.