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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus encountered the New World for the first time
Columbus reached land, Watling Island in the Bahamas -
Sep 11, 1500
French began fur trade with Indians
As an exchange between the Indians and Europeans
Trade started after the French offered the Indians kettles and knives, an all other stuff -
Apr 20, 1534
Jaque Cartier sailed the St. Lawerence
Cartier arrived on his two ships and with his 61 men they arrived in 2o days explored an discovered other countries, went through St. Lawerence -
Sep 10, 1538
Hernando de Soto's expedition of the Southeast
Searching for greater golry and riches to conquer Florida the crown.
His men and him traveled 4,000 miles throughout the regions to become Southeastern in the United States searchin for some riches. -
Sep 10, 1540
Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas
They wanted to determine if the route actually led the expedition from West Mexico to the coast of central Kansas -
Sep 8, 1565
Spanish established St. Augustine, Florida
Pedro Menedez de Aviles landed on shore Matanzas Bay and began founding on St. Augustine, Florida -
Beaver Wars
The Iroquois participated in the fur trade principally with Dutch and British merchants -
Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec
He founded Quebec City, and its really important because, he made the first accurate map pf the coast -
Juan de Onate founded Santa Fe
Juan de Onate founded the new capital at San Gabriel de Yunque-Ouinge the controled the colony, moved to New mexico capital to Santa Fe -
Marquette and Joliet sailed down the Mississippi
They undertook an expedition to explore the unsettled territory in North America from the Great Lakes region to the Gulf of Mexico for the colonial power of France -
The Pueblo Revolt
People known as "Pueblos" rebelled against their Spanish overlords in the American Southwest.
Spaniards had dominated them from their land, and their lives, their souls for eight decades