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Jan 20, 2021 · 20 January 2021. A chronology of key events: 1565 - First permanent European settlement in North America - St Augustine, present-day Florida - founded by the Spanish. North America is already...
Aug 12, 2019 · A map showing the locations of the original thirteen colonies of the United States. After 1620, British colonization in America grew rapidly. The colonies of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut were founded as extensions of Massachusetts.
Sep 17, 2019 · The former became Europe, Asia, and North America. The latter dispersed to form modern-day Africa, Antarctica, South America, and Australia. But now, scientists have discovered the fate of a...
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3 days ago · When Columbus arrived, he found the New World inhabited by peoples who in all likelihood had originally come from the continent of Asia. Probably these first inhabitants had arrived 20,000 to 35,000 years before in a series of migrations from Asia to North America by way of the Bering Strait.
Feb 13, 2015 · Offers a chronological timeline of important dates and events in the history of the United States of America. Access early American history and history firsts.
Aug 7, 2019 · Traditionally, the age of exploration in America begins in 1492 with the first voyage of Christopher Columbus. Those expeditions began with a desire to find another way to the East, where the Europeans had created a lucrative trade route in spices and other goods.
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An accidental outcome of this search was that explorer Christopher Columbus encountered land in the Western Hemisphere in 1492. He landed in the Caribbean islands. Other European explorers soon traveled to the mainland of what are now called the Americas.
