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Sep 16, 1000
Leif Ericsson leads a Viking expedition to the New World 1000 CE
First European to set foot in North America
Leif Ericsson was the one who founded the Norse colonies in Greenland
Traveled from Greenland to Norway
'Vinland' was the name given to the new world he discovered in North America
He discovered this new world along side his Norse Vikings
Vinland became the subject of many tales and legends from 1300 AD -
Period: Sep 16, 1000 to
1000 CE- 1608 CE
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Sep 16, 1451
The Iroquois Confederacy is formed 1451 CE
The Iroquois Confederacy was formed to resolve peace in the tribe. Seeing as fighting was ongoing
It was organized by two men named Dekanawida who was known as the Great Peacemaker and Hiawatha
Iroquois Confederacy is a group of 5 different tribes into one where a peace alliance was formed -
Sep 16, 1497
John Cabot reaches Newfoundland 1497 CE
Second European to discover North America since Leif Ericsson
Discovers Newfoundland
There he finds codfish in Grand Banks, enough to supply to the whole kingdom -
Sep 16, 1543
Jacques Cartier first explores the St. Lawrence region 1543 CE
First European to describe and map the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the shores of the St. Lawrence river
He named what he found as “The Country of the Canada's” after the name the Iroquois had for their village “Kanata”
He learned the life of the aboriginals of Northeastern North America
Cartier discovered one of the greatest rivers worldwide and took credit as the starting point of France's occupation of three-quarters of a continent -
Sep 16, 1577
Martin Frobisher of England makes the first of three attempts to find the northwest passage 1577 CE
He was a pirate who hoped to redeem himself to Queen Elizabeth I by finding the Northwest Passage for the glory of England
When Frobisher spotted some Inuit's he was convinced he had discovered the passage and bribed them to show him where it may be but the Inuits never returned to him
But soon Frobisher discovered that he was in a bay, not a passage
Frobisher kidnapped an Inuit man to return back to the Queen as proof that there is a possibility of passage in which she granted him the a return -
Samuel de Champlain establishes a French colony at Québec City 1608 CE
Former soldier/explorer now is a map maker
In 1608 Champlain sailed from Honfleur France in command of the Don-de-Dieu along with two other ships
On his way, he comes across a land with he settlers that he has seen before, where the Aboriginals call, Quebec
They immediately began work and built multistory buildings
Scurvy and smallpox diseases set in over their 6 months of winter
