Key Dates and Events

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  • Sep 24, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus
    In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic trying to find the East Indies, but instead landed in the Caribbean.
  • Sep 24, 1511

    First Enslaved Africans Arrive in the Americas

    First Enslaved Africans Arrive in the Americas
    African slaves are brought to the Americas to work on cotton plantations and farm.
  • Sep 25, 1521

    Cortes Conquers Aztec Empire

    Cortes Conquers Aztec Empire
    Cortes conqures the Aztec empire as being seen as a god to the aztecs. He also conqured them with the help of European diseases like smallpox. Cortez was in search of gold.
  • Sep 25, 1533

    Pizarro Conquers the Incan Empire

    Pizarro Conquers the Incan Empire
    Pizarro in search of gold conquers the Aztecs and King Atahualpa. After king Atahualpa offers the Spanish two rooms of gold and one of silver, after recieving the treasure in the rooms the spanish kill Atahualpa.

  • English Found Jamestown

    English Found Jamestown
    The English land on the coast of Virginia and name the settlement Jamestown after their king, King James.

  • English Found Plymoth

    English Found Plymoth
    A second English colony in Massachusettes founded because a group of people named the Pilgrims wanted to get away from England because they were being persecuted for their religeon.

  • French and Indian War Ends

    French and Indian War Ends
    British Colonies wanted more land and started interfering with the French, and it turned into war. The British Army eventually defeated the French.