colonial era

  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus encountered the New World for the first time

    he left spane on aug 3 after convensing the king and queen to let him go. He landed on lad 3 times, the first on san salvador, second in cuba, and the third in hispanioal
  • Period: Sep 11, 1496 to Sep 11, 1542

    Hernando de Soto’s expedition of the Southeast

    he arived in west india as a young man. He was thier to make a fortion in the cintel american slave trade
  • Sep 11, 1500

    French began fur trade with Indians

    they stared the trade between the indians and the europeans. the indians made tools and weapons and the europeans made hats and stuff like that
  • Jun 9, 1534

    Jacque Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence

    he left fance by boat on aperl 1534 the king orderd him to find gold, and a water was that lead from france to asia. Two months later he came to the waters of he st. lawrence river
  • Period: Apr 11, 1541 to May 11, 1541

    Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas

    Him and his men rode noth to quiviar witch is in kansas.
  • Sep 8, 1565

    Spanish establish St. Augustine, Florida

    Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed on the shore of mexioc
  • Attempted Roanoke Colony

    they settled down their and built forts and homes and started to surch for gold. about a year later a huracan made them have to go back to their home land
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    Juan de Onate founded Santa Fe

    he fount santa fe nuevo méxico and was the first govener
  • Jamestown, Virginia founded

    they came agross some land and desided to call it jamestown after their king
  • Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec

    he rain acrossed a small land and he decited to call it Quebec. soon after he started to set up his colony his lock smith and 4 others were killed. so he invited their killers to tea and arested them and soon after that killed them to
  • John Rolfe introduced tobacco to Virginia

    he got marred to "pochaontas" and brought tobacco to virginia
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    Beaver Wars

    it was also called the french and iroquios war.
  • Marquette and Joliet sailed down the Mississippi

    they came to the mississippi river. they went south on the mississippi river were they stoped and had a metting with the illinios indinas, witch gave them a peace ofering that later saved their lives from the strae inians. to then later go back home
  • The Pueblo Revolt

    the people know as "pueblo" rebelded against their spansh overlord in american southwest