Newhart Period 5 Unit 2 TImeline

Columbus sets sail trying to reach India

Jan 1, 1492

Columbus worked on behalf of the Spanish and was trying to find a trade route to India. He instead ended up in the Americas.

FIrst enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas

Jan 1, 1511

First slave trader brought Africans over from Africa to be traded.

Cortez conquers the Aztec Empire

Jan 1, 1521

Cortez easily conquers the Aztec Empire because they think he is a god. They indulge his want of gold until he captures the Aztec leader Montezuma, and eventually kills him. He then proceeds to conquer the Atecs and colonie the land.

Pizarro conquers Incan Empire

Jan 1, 1533

Cortez conquers the Incan Empire by killing their leader and destroying their moral. He also conquers the Incan with the help of deadly diseases thinning the population dramatically.

English found Jamestown

Jan 1, 1607

The first English settlement in America established by a company from London

English found Plymouth

Jan 1, 1620

A colony in Massachusettsset set up by the Pilgrims.

French and Indian War ends

Jan 1, 1763

French and Indians baded together to fight British. They lost and the British gained a lot of land.