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10,000 BCE
First Americans Enter North America
-The first Americans to come to North America were the Native Americans
-Arrived to North America 13,000 years ago
-Native Americans lived in tribes, or social groups. Each tribe spoke its own language. There were more than 1,000 languages and dialects. Tribes had their own specific traditions and culture. -
1492
Christopher Columbus Lands Jamestown
-He was born in 1436 and worked for the Spain King and Queen at the time
-He apparently never actually set foot in North America.
-"landed on various Caribbean islands that are now the Bahamas as well as the island later called Hispaniola. He also explored the Central and South American coasts."