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Aug 3, 1492
Cristopher Columbus
Columbus sailed west from Spain looking for Asia but instead found the Americas -
Jan 1, 1511
Slave Trade
The first African slaves arrive in the Americas for European colonists beggining an era of huge slave trade with the Americas. -
Jan 1, 1521
Cortes vs. Aztecs
Cortes conquers Aztec Empire becasue of advanced weaponry, aid of traitors and rivals of Aztecs, and disease. -
Jan 1, 1533
Pizzaro vs. Incan Empire
Francisco Pizzaro conquers Incan by ambushing and capturing their king Atahualpa and then destroying him and the empire. -
Jamestown
Chartered by King James, a group of colonists from a london company create the first permanent English settlement, located in Virginia. -
Plymouth
In Massachusetts, the pilgrims, persecuted fir their beliefs in Britain, create the second English colony for religious freedom. -
Ending of French and Indian War
British defeat French in war for territory and get control of eastern part of North America.