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Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas, which he thought was India
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Jan 1, 1511
The first African slaves arrive in the Americas
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Jan 1, 1521
Cortez conquered the Aztec Empire for Spain
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Jan 1, 1533
Pizarro conquered the massive Incan empire with very few men compared to the Inca's army of 80,000.
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English Colonials found the first settlement, Jamestown
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Pilgrims from England found the second settlement in Plymouth
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The French and Indian war, which was actually between the French and the Brittish (with the indians fighting on both sides), ended
