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The Vickings arrived in America in 1001 a.d. They came from Scandinavia. Lief Ericsson and 35 other vikings explored the coast of Labrador and stayed the winter in Newfoundland.
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Columbus and his three ships left Spain in August 1492. They landed in the bahama's, probably on what is today Watling Island. Columbus found the Islands of Cuba and Hispaniola
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Columbus soon left for his second voyage with 17 ships and 1200 colonists.. In November 1493 he landed in Hispanila. Many of the colonists felt that Columbus had misled them with promises of gold, so they returned to Spain.
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In 1498, Columbus made his third voyage to America. After arriving on the northern coast of south america and studying the volume of fresh water at the of Orinoco River.
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in 1502, Columbus made his 4th and final voyage. he mapped the american coastline from guatemala to panama before turning back.
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in 1511 spanish troops, led by Diego Velazquez, conquered Cuba. Cortes took part in the invadsion, and his courage impressed Velazquez. he rewarded Cortes by giving him control of several native american villages.
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In 1519, the spanish government asked Hernan Cortes to lead an expedition to the Yucatan Peninsula to find new people who could be forced to work on the farms and mines of Cuba
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In 1524, three years after Cortes conquered the Aztec, King Francis I of france sent Giovanni da Verrazano to map noth america's coastline.
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In 1585 Raleigh sent about 100 men to settle on Roanoke. After a hard winter, the unhappy colonists returned to england.
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king charles I and the english parliament (government) were at odds. Charles had puritan leaders arrested, parliament was angry and organized an army.
