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1513
Ponce de leon
Ponce de leon left Puerto Rico he went searching for gold and a fountain of youth.Then he began to explore flordia. -
1519
Cortes conquers the Aztecs in mexico
In 1519 Cortes and his soldiers landed on the Gulf Coast of Mexico.
There goal was to conquer the Aztec Empire -
1521
Cortes conquers Aztec Mexico
The Aztec nobles saw danger when Cortes came. Then the Aztec capital fell to the Spanish. -
1527
De Narvaes route
400 men landed near present day Tampa in flordia. A series of bad events happens that lead to just 4 known men left -
1532
Pizarro
Pizarro and the conquistadors went into Peru searching for gold. They ended up going and running into the Incas and Pizarro led thew way to conquering them. -
1536
John calvin
John Calvin was a french theologian. He was a reformer in Geneva during the protest reformation -
England's navy defeats the Spanish armada
The Spanish king sent a fleet of ships, the Spanish Armada to invade England. The weather was bad and England's superior Navy. -
Lord Charles Howard
Lord Charles Howard was the leader of the English's navy who defeated the Spanish Armada. The Spanish Armada were also called the invincible armada. -
Jamestown colonists arrive in virgina
Sailed over 60 miles up the broad James River and built Jamestown colony. The settlers named both the colony and river King James -
Captain John Smith
After smith was nearly killed by the Powhatan's, He became a leader of Jamestown in 1608 and tried to impose military discipline on the colony. -
Jamestown
Jamestown is a town in Virginia where the settlers looked at as a first place to settle. They later decided to come there and settle with everyone who took the journey to the Americas -
Growing tobacco
Tobacco was a native plant grown in North America and the islands west. The first English settler to grow tobacco in Virginia was John Rolfe. -
The Headright System
The head right system offered 50 acres of land that colonists could obtain in various different ways. It was an alternative choice instead of doing other things like trading to get a lot of land. -
The house of Burgesses
Variations communities in Virginia met in an assembly called the house of Burgesses. Membership was only granted to white male landowners. -
Conflicts with the native americans
English farmers were taking lots of land to grow tobacco. To try to protect the Indian lands the Powhatan surprise attacked on Jamestown and many important settlers were killed.
