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1494
The Treaty of Tordesillas
It divided the newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal -
1524
North America
He sailed to North America in search of a sea route to the pacific. -
London
A company of london investors received from King James a charter to found a colony in North America. -
French
French Jusuit priest Jacques Marquette and trader Louis Joilet explored the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi River -
New France
New France covered much of what is now the midwestern United States and eastern Canada.