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Leif Ericson and his crew became the first Europeans to visit America.
1. January 1000
This is Columbus' first voyage from Spain to what he thought was Asia.
1. August 1492
Columbus thought he had reached India, so he called the people there "Indians".
12. October 1492
John Cabot was looking for a shorter route to Asia and landed in/around Canada where he claimed North America for England.
2. May 1497
Vasco da Gama sailed around Africa to reach India. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama
8. July 1497
Columbus died lonely and forgotten because he never really had anything too exciting to show for his journeys. (i.e. gold)
20. May 1506
Cortes set out to find the Aztecs and get their wealth. He claimed the land for Spain and took great wealth back to Spain. Spain became the wealthiest country in the world.
21. April 1519
Francisco de Coronado was tricked by the Indians who told him stories about great cities of gold. The Indians did not like the Spanish explorers and they wanted them to go away. Coronado searched Arizona finding the Grand Canyon and clay pueblos, but...
1. January 1540 - 1. January 1542
Spanish explorer De Soto heard that Florida was a land of gold and decided to search for it, but there was no gold. He died and was buried in the Mississippi River.
1. May 1541
The first European Settlement in North America was St. Augustine, Florida.
1. January 1565
Queen Elizabeth I put Walter Raleigh in charge of building the colony for England.
1. January 1585
When the first attempt at starting a colony failed, Raleigh decided to try again sending a group of families to Roanoke Island. This second colony completely disappeared during the three years their governor, John White, was gone getting supplies...
1. January 1587 - 1. January 1590
Champlain called Canada "New France". He went there to trade furs with the Indians. In 1608, he helped build Quebec.
1. January 1603
In his journey to find a shorter route to Asia, Hudson lands in America. Because of the abundance of beaver to make beaver skins, the Dutch eagerly claim the land explored by Hudson.
1609
The group known as the Pilgrims left Europe for the New World where they could have freedom to make their own government and worship God.
1. September 1620
The Pilgrims wrote this agreement that gave them the freedom for self-government. They were able to choose their own leaders. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower_Compact Soon after, thanks to some friendly Indians, the Pilgrims celebrated their...
21. November 1620
John Eliot learned the language of the Massachusetts Indians and translated the Bible for them.
1. January 1631
The document that established Connecticut's system of government.
1639
John Wesley, a very famous English preacher, preached to the Native Americans about the death and resurrection of Jesus.
1. January 1735
