CST: Colonization of the Americas

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1492

Columbus claimed the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola for Spain

1497

John Cabot lands in Newfoundland

1519

Hernan Cortes begins the conquest of Mexico

1519-22

Magellan’s expedition to Asia results in the first circumnavigation of the world

1535

Jacques Cartier sails through eastern Canada, along the St. Lawrence River

1539-41

Hernando de Soto travels throughout the American South

1540

the Spanish discover the Grand Canyon and no Europeans visit again for 200 years

1542

the Spanish begin settlement of the West Coast

Spanish goals in the New World

spreading Catholicism, obtaining gold, building large plantations for tobacco and sugar, and conquests

English goals in the New World

building plantations, creating additional income, and escaping religious persecution

1604

Acadia is settled by French fur traders

1607

the English settle in Jamestown

1620

the English settle in Plymouth

1625

the Dutch settle in New Amsterdam (now New York City)

1626

the English settle in Salem

1630

the English settle at Massachusetts Bay Colony

1682

the French claim Louisiana

French goals in the New World

expanding their fish and fur trading

1664

New Amsterdam is taken by England and renamed “New York”