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May 13, 1400
1400's
Europeans began to cross the Alantic Ocean. They are looking for shorter routes to Asia. -
Dec 5, 1424
1424
The king of france hired Giovanni da verrazano to find the Northwest passage. -
Mar 7, 1450
1450
They built town around the pee dee river. -
Mar 26, 1492
1492
Chistopher Columbus sailed west form spain.He hoped to reach Aisa by crossing Alantic Ocean. -
Jul 16, 1500
1500's
Oueen Elizabeth I of England gave sir walter raliegh permission to start a colony in North American -
Mar 18, 1527
1527
The colonists surviors retured home. -
Sep 17, 1540
1540
The spanish explorer Hernando de soto led a large expedition though what is now the south eastern United States. -
1586
They also built sevral houses by 1586 -
1587
A group of Colonists led by John White sailed to Roanoke Island -
1606
King james I of England gave the Virgina company a charter to start a colony -
1607
Engish colonists settle james town in what is now Virgina
