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US History timeline & concept chart: 10th-16th centuries pre-colonial Native Americans to early North American colonization (Spanish, French, Dutch): Difference between revisions

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* 1492 Columbus lands in Caribbean
* 1492 Columbus lands in Caribbean
* 1497 British explore North American coast
* 1497 British explore North American coast
* 1524 Verrazano expedition on behalf of France
* 1540 Spanish expeditions into modern U.S. territory by Coronado (Southwest) & de Soto Southeast)
*1541 Cartier expedition to the St. Lawrence River
* 1565 Spanish establish St. Augustine, Florida
* 1588 England defeats Spanish Armada
* 1608 French explorer Champlain founds Quebec
* 1609 Sante Fe founded by Spanish
* 1523/1534 French expeditions to Canada
* 1523/1534 French expeditions to Canada
* 1565 St. Augustine established by Spanish (Florida ceded to U.S. in 1819)
|| '''Major Events, Concepts & Themes'''
|| '''Major Events, Concepts & Themes'''
=== political and economic background ===
=== political and economic background ===
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* European motives in trade and religion
* European motives in trade and religion
* Columbian Exchange impacts
* Columbian Exchange impacts
* French expansion into St. Lawrence waterway, Great Lakes region and Mississippi River
* Spanish missions in modern Texas
'''DETAILS'''
'''DETAILS'''
* Christopher Columbus (Spanish expedition)
* Christopher Columbus (Spanish expedition)
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** subsequent French expeditions further explored the St. Lawrence River waterways  
** subsequent French expeditions further explored the St. Lawrence River waterways  
*** and established trade relations with Native Americans, especially the Iroquois
*** and established trade relations with Native Americans, especially the Iroquois
* Spanish expeditions Gulf and Western U.S.
** 1540 Spanish expeditions into modern U.S. territory by Coronado (Southwest) & de Soto (Southeast)
** Spanish colonize American Southwest but not the Southeast
** primary motive in settling in modern Texas is to block French expansion across Gulf region
*** do not generally populate either region
* 1540-1600 French colonization slows
** French religious wars halt French colonization of the North America
* 1600 French interest in North America for fur trade
** 1605 Samuel de Champolain establishes French colon ig Acadia (now Nova Scotia)
** 1608 founds Quebec, capital of New France
** couriers de bois
*** integrated with Native Americans
*** explored upper Midwest
* 1663 New France declared official French colony by Louis XIV
** France incentives migration to New France, sending women to marry men already there, providing financial rewards for having children
*** to contrast with British colonial push/pull factors
** late 1600s migration of French Huegenots (protestants)
** 1682 La Salle exploration of Mississippi River (called "big river" by Algonquians)
*** establishes connection of New France to Gulf of Mexico
*** French focus on Mississippi River trade, establishing trade posts in Louisiana
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