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American historty timeline, 1497 John Cabot claims North America for…
American historty timeline
1497 John Cabot claims North America for England
1492 Christopher Columbus discovers America
1501 :Amerigo Vespucci explores the coast of South America
1519 Ferdinand Magellan is the first to go around the world
Alonzo de Pineda explores gulf Coast of America
1524 Giovanni Verrazano discovers New York Bay
1528 Panfilo de Narvaez conquers Cuba and explores Florida
1528 Alvar Cabeza de Vaca explores Texas, Arizona and New Mexico
1534 :Jacques Cartier explores the Great Lakes and the the St. Lawrence River
1539 Hernando de Soto explores south-eastern North America
1540 Francisco Vázquez de Coronado explores south-western North America
Discovery of the Grand Canyon by Garcia Lopez de Cardenas
1541 Francisco Vásquez de Coronado explores Kansas
1542 Cabrillo explores and discovers the Californian coast
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers San Diego Bay, California
1559 Tristan de Luna explores North America
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1565 - First permanent European settlement in North America
1607 - Jamestown, Virginia, founded by English settlers, who begin growing tobacco.
17th-18th centuries - Hundreds of thousands of Africans brought over and sold into slavery to work on cotton and tobacco plantations
1763 - Britain gained
control of territory up to the Mississippi river and gets victory over France in the Seven Years' War
War of Independence
1775 - American Revolution: George Washington leads colonist Continental Army to fight against British rule
1783 - Britain accepts loss of colonies
1787 - Founding Fathers (political leaders) draw up new constitution for United States of America. Constitution comes into effect in 1788
1789 - George Washington elected first president of USA
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