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M.igration and settlement

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  • Apr 23, 1492

    European discovery of the new world

    European discovery of the new world
    Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, sailing for Spain’s Ferdinand and Isabella, accidently discovered the New World. Columbus had set out to find a route west to Asia from Europe, and, upon landing in the present-day Bahamas, he at first believed he had reached the Indies. Columbus’s discovery made him a celebrated hero upon his return to Europe
  • Apr 23, 1500

    The Columbian Exchange

    The Columbian Exchange
    The Columbian Exchange refers to the flow of goods between the Americas, Europe, and Africa that followed Columbus’s widely advertised discovery of the New World. People, animals, plants, and disease passed from continent to continent.
  • Apr 23, 1525

    Atlantic Slave Trade

    Atlantic Slave Trade
    The first record of a slave trade direct from Africa to the Americas is a ship that landed in Santo Domingo