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Aug 3, 1492
Christerpher Columbus
He took his 3 ships and started sailing to the New World. They first landed at Lucayos. They also gave and got gifts. -
Sep 3, 1493
John Cabot
John Cabot was the first European encounter with the mainland of North America. -
Jan 3, 1494
Columbus
Columbus founded the town of Isabella after finding another town destroyed. -
Sep 3, 1508
Sebastion Cabot
Sebastion Cabot, the son of John Cabot, Came to North America in search of North West passageway. -
Sep 3, 1519
Alonso Aluarez de Pinedes
He took a expedition to prove that Florida was indeedpart of a continent. -
Sep 3, 1524
Verrazano
Sailed to the New World. -
Period: Sep 3, 1535 to Sep 3, 1541
Jacques Cartier
Sailed west of Newfoundland and "discovered" the St Lawrence River -
Period: Sep 3, 1535 to Sep 3, 1541
Jacques Cartier
Sailed west of Newfoundland and "discovered" the St. Lawrence River. -
Period: Sep 3, 1539 to Sep 3, 1543
Hernando De Soto
He went throughout the southeast region of North American looking for gold. -
Period: Sep 3, 1540 to Sep 3, 1542
Francisco Coronado
Went throughout the southwest region on Noth America looking for God, Glory, and Gold. They didnt find it but they did discover the Grand Canyon. They converted some Pueblo Indians to christianity but not many. In their rage they enslaved hundreds and drove others to suicide. -
Sep 3, 1576
Martin Frobisher
Martin Fronisher voyaged to the new world to find a Northwest passageway, but his motive later changed to gold. -
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh sent colonies to the east of North America which he named Virginia. Raleigh was the leader of multiple colonies in North America & Raleigh made tobacco popular in England. -
Dutch East Company (VOC)
Cration of the VOC. The main goal of the company was to find a way to reach India. -
John Smith
John Smith lead many colonies such as the Jamestown and Virgina settlement in North America. -
Samuel De Champlain
Found Quebec. -
Henry Hudson
VOC commissioned Henry Hudson (who was English). He discovered part of the actual USA and Canada. He entred the actual Upper New York Bay and sailed the river which now bears his name. -
Adriaen Block
Sailed the Hudson. Discover that part of actual USA which stands between Virginia and Canada and he called it "New Netherland". -
Fort Nassau
First Dutch settlement in America. -
First Dutch colonies
The first colonists moved to Fort Nassau (now called Fort Orange) which was previously only a trading post to trade with Natives. -
Manhattan
Peter Minuit (the chief of VOC) bought the island of Manhattan and started to build Fort Amsterdam which will become New Amsterdam. -
St. Croix and Tobago
First Dutch colonies in the Caribbean. -
Tortuga and Sint Maarten
Other Dutch settlement in the Carribean. -
War against Spanish
After a war against Spanish Sint Maarten was lost so Dutch settled in Sint Eustatius and Curaçao. -
New York
New Amsterdam was lost to English and was renamed New York (from Prince James Duke of York, who ordered the English spedition). -
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War against Englad
Holland started and lost a war against England. They definitely lost New Netherlands. -
Marquette and Louis Joliet
Explored the Mississippi River. -
Suriname
Suriname was sold to The Netherland by British. -
Sieur de Bienville
He was the founder of New Orleans and explored the Mississippi Valley. -
Sieur d'lberville
Cruised the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and was the first to enter the Mississippi from the south.
