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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus encountered the new world for the first time
Landed on an island and found people that he called indians because 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 begin to set sail for Florida. So that he could explore the Florida territory -
Oct 2, 1541
Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas
He left to go an explore Kansas. in 1601 their was evidence that he explored Kansas -
Aug 28, 1565
Spanish establish St. Augustine, Florida
Found st Augustine. Feast of of the hippo. Started building. -
Attempted Roanoke Colony
Looked for gold built houses and stuff -
Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec
Explored North America and established the city of Qubec in the northrern colony of new France -
Juan de Onate founded Santa Fe
Founded a city at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, which he called La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís, holy city of Assisi -
Jamestown, Virginia founded
104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. -
John Rolfe introduced tobacco to Virginia
boarded the Sea Venture, bound for Virginia. -
First African slaves arrived in Virginia
Africans brought in by Dutch -
Plymouth, Massachusetts founded
100 men and women sailed to cape cod even tho half died during the journey -
South Carolina colony founded
Founded by 8 nobles with a royal charter from King Charles ll -
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Beaver Wars
War fought between iroquois confederacy against the french and indian tribes -
Marquette and Joliet sailed down the Mississippi
Entered the Mississippi River in present day Arkansas -
The Pueblo Revolt
Uprising of a group of people against spanish colonizers in present day New Mexico -
Pennsylvania Colony founded
One of the first 13 found -
Georgia Colony founded
James Oglethorpe Founded Georgia