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1513
Ponce De Leon begins exploring Flordia
In 1513, Ponce de Leon landed a island he believe was really, very green. He claim as a part of Spain and called it ¨La Florida" -
1519
Cortes´s quest to conquer the Aztec
In 1519, Hernan Cortes and his soldiers landed on the Gulf Coast of Mexico and they wanted to conquer the Aztec Empire. -
1521
Cortes and the Aztec
Then in 1521, after the Aztec ruler sent gifts of gold to welcome the Spanish, the other Aztec did not like the Spanish. And then, after a long, violent siege, the Aztec finally fell to the Spanish. -
1530
Pizarro defeats the Incas in Peru
In 1530, Pizarro returned to Panama. In 1531, he sailed down to Peru, landing at Tumbes. He led his army up the Andes Mountains and on November 15, 1532, reached the Inca town of Cajamarca, where Atahuallpa was enjoying the hot springs in preparation for his march on Cuzco, the capital of his brother's kingdom. -
England's navy deafeats the Spanish Armada
During this time, religious conflicts between Catholic Spain and Protestant England erupted in war. In 1588, the spanish Armada to invade England. Bad weather and England's superior. -
Jamestwon colonists arrive in Virginia
In 1606, the London Company sent three ships and just over 100 males to Virginia. They sailed 60 miles to James River. The leader was John Smith, a young explorer. -
Pilgrim settle in Plymouth
In 1608, one group of Separatists moved to the Netherlands. After years of tolerance, they are ready to leave. In 1620, A Virginia Company charter granted them a land so stay in which is Plymouth. -
Monarchists battled the armies of Parliament in the English Civil War
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance. ... The war ended with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651. -
Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico
The Pueblo Revolt of 1680—also known as Popé's Rebellion—was an uprising of most of the indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, present day New Mexico. The Pueblo Revolt killed 400 Spanish and drove the remaining 2,000 settlers out of the province. -
Huguenots are denied freedom of worship in France
In 1639, Anne Huguenots caused a big event to happened. She believed that people did not need a minster's teaching in order to be spiritual. In 1685, She ended up imprisoned, tried, and banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony. -
Queen Anne's War ends.
in the 1680s, but the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick left France in control of all but one outpost on the bay. The only incident of note was a French attack on the outpost of Fort Albany in 1709 The Hudson's Bay Company was unhappy that Ryswick had not returned its territories, and it successfully lobbied for the return of its territories in the negotiations that ended this war. -
Georgia, the lat of the original 13 British colonies is founded.
mes Edward Oglethorpe, a philanthropist and an English general, along with twenty-one other men, created a charter to settle a new colony which they named Georgia in honor of King George II. ... In 1732, King George II, under the persuasion of Oglethorpe, signed off on the last of the 13 colonies.