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Anasazi
1100 - 1300
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"Ancient People" "Basket Makers" SW United States
Mound Builders
1100 - 1400
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east of Anasazi - Ilinois/Ohio area
people
Leif Ericson
970 - 1020
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Christopher Columbus
1451 - 1506
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born in Italy
events
Ericson lands in Canada
1000
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160 settle Vinland
1017
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Bartelmo Diaz sails around Africa
1488
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Portugese explorer; verified a sea route to India around Africa
Columbus lands in the Bahamas
1492
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named them San Salvador
John Cabot sails to Newfoundland
1497
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gave England its first real claim on America
Amerigo Vespucci's letters published
1504
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America is given her name
1507
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German mapmaker
Vasco de Balboa crosses Panama
1513
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(Spain) first European to see and name the Pacific
Magellan's circumnavigation
1519 - 1522
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(Spain) only 1 of 5 ships returned successfully
Giovanni Veranzano sails America's east coast
1524
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(France) Carolinas to Maine
Jacques Cartier sails the St Lawrence
1534 - 1535
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Gave France a claim to Canada
Francisco de Coronado explores
1540 - 1542
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searched for "7 Cities of Gold" exploring AZ, TX, NM, KA, the gulf of California, and the Grand Canyon.
Hernando de Soto discovers the Mississippi
1541
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(Spain) explored the gulf states
Sir Francis Drake sails around the world
1578 - 1580
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(England) explored the west coasts of North and South America
Sir Walter Raleigh establishes his colony
1584
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(England)
Roanoke
1587 - 1590
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89 men, 7 women, 11 children
Juan de Onate establishes New Mexico
1599
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(Spain) conquered the Pueblo tribes; introduced the horse to the American Southwest
Samuel de Champlain lands in the new world
1603
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(France)
Henry Hudson names the bay and river
1608
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(Netherlands) helped Dutch lay claim to a piece of the continent
Samuel de Champlain founds colony in Quebec
1608
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