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﻿ European Exploration and Colonization

﻿Trade and the desire for new routes became the key motivation for Spain, Portugal, and Great Britain to begin exploration. What they, of course, did not realize was that instead of finding a faster way to Asia, they began the quest for colonization of a new world.

8000 B.C. Mexican Indians spread culture northward 600 B.C. the Adenans, the first Indian group to build a settlement in what is currently Phoenix, Arizona First Century A.D. The Hohokum Indians settle in Arizona 1000 A.D. Leif Ericson discovers Newfoundland 1215 The Magna Carta is adopted 1492 Columbus discovers the New World 1497 John Cabot explores Canada 1499 Amerigo Vespucci sights the coast of South America 1507 The term America is used 1513 Ponce de Leon lands in Florida 1517 Martin Luther launches the Protestant Reformation 1519 Hernando Cortes defreats the Aztec Empire 1519-1522 Fernando magellan sails around the world 1524 Giovannni da Verrazano discovers the Hudson River 1541 Hernando de Soto discovers the Mississippi River 1565 Sain Augustine, Florida, founded by the Spanish 1587 Sir Walter Raleigh lands on Roanoke Island 1588 England defreats the Spanish Armada 1607 Jamestown founded Virgina 1609 Henry Hudson explores North America 1619 The Virginia House of Burgesses meets in Jamestown 1619 Twenty Africans are brought to Jamestown for sale, marking the beginning of slavery 1620 The Mayflower lands at Cape Cod, Massachusetts 1620 The Mayflower Compact is signed

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