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May 6, 1000
Leif Ericson
He discovered Vinland. Eriksson sailed off course on his way back to Greenland and landed on the North American continent, where he explored a region he called Vinland -
May 6, 1492
New World
he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Those voyages, and his efforts to establish permanent settlements on the island of Hispaniola, initiated the Spanish colonization of the New World. -
May 6, 1507
New World naming
Martin Waldseemüller produced a world map on which he named the new continent America after the feminine Latin version of Vespucci's first name, which is Americus. -
First Expedition
Raleigh's first expedition landed and the crew asked the local Indians the name of the country.Raleigh never landed in North America. It was the losy colony. -
Jamestown
was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.he natives initially welcomed and provided crucial provisions and support for the colonists.Mortality at Jamestown itself was very high due to disease and starvation, with over 80% of the colonists perishing in 1609-1610 in what became known as the "Starving Time" -
Slaves in Jamestown
Slaves were sold in Jamestown for the use of labor, to harvest cash crops. They needed more and more slaves as they got more and more crops. -
Mayflower
fter two miserable months at sea, the ship finally reached the New World. There, the Mayflower’s passengers found an abandoned Indian village and not much else. They also found that they were in the wrong place: Cape Cod was located at 42 degrees north latitude, well north of the Virginia Company’s territory. -
Maryland
In 1632, King Charles I of England granted a charter to George Calvert.The territory was named Maryland in honor of Henrietta Maria, the queen consort of Charles I. Before settlement began, George Calvert died and was succeeded by his son Cecilius, who sought to establish Maryland as a haven for Roman Catholics persecuted in England