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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus found america
he found land, it had people on it and he called them idians cause he thought he was in india -
Period: Sep 10, 1530 to Sep 10, 1540
French began fur trade with Indians
Started fur trade in Canada -
Jun 9, 1534
Jacque Cartier
sailed the St. Lawrence, Sailed up the St. Francis River into Canada -
May 18, 1538
Hernando de Soto’s expedition of the Southeast
he went towards florida so he could explore that territory -
Oct 2, 1541
Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas
he went to explore in 1601 there was evidence that he explored kansas -
Aug 8, 1565
Spanish establish St. Augustine
feast of the hippo started building in florida -
Attempted Roanoke Colony
looked for gold built houses and stuff -
Samuel de Champlain
Explored North America and established the city of Quebec in the northern colony of new France -
Jamestown, Virginia founded
104 men and boys landed, named after king james, -
Juan de Onate
Founded a city at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, holy city of Assisi -
John Rolfe introduced tobacco to Virginia
supported jamestown -
First African slaves arrived in Virginia
brought in by the dutch -
South Carolina colony founded
eight men founded this -
Period: to
beaver wars
wars fought between french and the iroquosis -
The Pueblo Revolt
Uprising of a group of people against spanish colonizers in present day New Mexico -
Plymouth, Massachusetts founded
one of the 13 colonies -
Georgia Colony founded
James Oglethorpe 114 colonist went 40 feet up from the savannah river and founded the colony of georgia