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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Expansion of Different Country's
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Aug 1, 1492
Columbus claims The Bahamas for Spain
Columbus was not actually looking for the Bahamas he was actually looking for India for because they had spices that would he with food poisoning in Europe and Spain. -
Dec 3, 1497
Jamestown becomes the First English Colony
Jamestown was not actually The FIrst English Colony actually The Roanoke Colony was the first ENglish colony, but the colony had failed so Jamestown became the first sucessful English Colony. -
Dec 3, 1519
Cortes conquers Mexico
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Dec 3, 1532
Pizzaro conquers Peru
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Dec 3, 1534
France claims New France
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Dec 3, 1540
The Coronado Expedition
The Coronado Expedition was a voyage in which Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was looking for the " Seven Cities of Gold " that was told in ledgend throughout Spain. He traveled to present day New Mexico for the City, but the city that was told in the story had not been what it was thought to be. -
Dec 3, 1565
Pedro Menedez de Aviles drives the French out
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The Lost Colony of Roanoke
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The Spanish make the Indians their slaves.
When the Spainish and the Indians first meet they taught each other different skills that would aid them in their survival in the New World. When the Indians told of the riches you could gain from the land the Spainish went on an expedition to find the treasures, but they did not find what they had been told. When the Spainish returned they had not liked getting lied to, so they made all of the indians that lied to them their slaves. -
The Spanish settles The Spanish Borderlands
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The French settles in Quebec
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France claims Louisiana from Spain
