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Period: Sep 30, 1400 to
The Events Occurred from 1492-1763
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Sep 30, 1492
Christpher Columbus sailed to the Americas
Columbus, an Italian working for the Spanish, was trying to find a trade route to India when he accidentaly landed in the Bahamas on an island which he named San Salvador. -
Sep 30, 1511
The first enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas
In 1511, the Portugese go to Africa, and bring slaves to their colonies in the Americas in huge slave ships. Slave trade will soon become a major industry, and it will earn the Portugese a lot of money. -
Sep 30, 1521
Hernan Cortes conquers the Aztec Empire
Hernan Cortes was a Spanish Conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire. The Aztecs thought he and his fellow Spaniards were gods. The emperor, Montezuma, gave him a lot of gold, and then he and his army brought down the Aztec Empire. -
Sep 30, 1533
Francisco Pizzaro conquers the Incan Empire
Francisco Pizzaro was a Spanish Conquistador who defeated the Incan Empire with very few men because he had horses, and he ambushed the Incan army. -
English found Jamestown
In 1607, The Virginia Company of London, sent people to Virginia to form a colony. Jamestown became the first permanent English colony in the Americas. -
The English found Plymouth
Plymouth was an English colony in what is now Massachusetts created by Puritan Pilgrims who wanted to escape the Church of England. The Pilgrims arrived in a ship named the Mayflower. -
The French and Indian War ends
The British (in America) fought the French (in America) and the Indians for land. The British won, and all the French were left with were a couple of islands off South America. The British took all of New France.
