Dates and events in the New World 1400-1700
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| 1492 | Columbus discovers the New World - lands in San Salvador
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| 1497 | John Cabot is the first to set foot on mainland North America
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| 1513 | Ponce de Leon lands near St. Augustine, Florida
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| 1540 | Francisco Coronado discovers the Grand Canyon
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| 1541 | Hernando de Soto discovers the Mississippi River
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| 1542 | Juan Cabrillo of Spain discovers California
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| 1545-1596 | John Cabot claims California for England
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| 1565 | Spain founds St. Augustine, FL
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| 1607 | English established Jamestown, Virginia
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| 1609 | Delaware is founded by Henry Hudson
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| 1620 | English settled Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts
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| 1621 | First Thanksgiving by the Pilgrims
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| 1626 | Dutch buy Manhattan for $24 worth of beads and rum
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| 1630 | Puritans settle in Massachusetts Bay
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| 1681 | LaSalle claims Mississippi River Valley
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| 1682 | Quakers begin settling in Pennsylvania
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| 1692 | Salem, Massachusetts witch trials
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