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A New Look at the Great Plains
To most Americans the Great Plains are the Great Flyover, or maybe the Great Drivethrough. Viewed from a window seat the plains seem nearly devoid of interest, something to get across enroute to someplace far...
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Ponce de Leon in Florida
Juan Ponce de Leon arrived in Florida, making him the first Spaniard on the North American mainland.
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Patents for colonization in North America
Virginia Companies of London and Plymouth received patents for colonization in North America.
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Explorations by John Cabot
Italian John Cabot explored parts of the New World for England.
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Aztecs in Valley of Mexico
The Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico, ca. 1200. They created a major empire, dominating other tribes until the arrival of Spanish in 1519.
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Vikings in North America
Vikings voyaged to points in North America, ca. 1000–1400, as they attempted to expand trade. Around the year 1000, several Viking expeditions established villages in North America. The settlements were quickly abandoned, leaving little evidence of their existence behind, though Vikings likely continued to voyage to the North American continent for several hundred years.
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Exploration of Hudson River
British explorer and navigator Henry Hudson, commissioned by the Dutch East India Company to search for a northwest passage, explored the river that would be named for him. Ascending the river to present-day Albany, Hudson and his men encountered and traded with American Indians during the voyage.
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Mayflower Compact and Plymouth landing
Pilgrims seeking religious freedom arrived in the New World aboard the Mayflower. On November 11, 1620, they signed the Mayflower Compact, the first governing document of Plymouth.
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Rise of Anasazi culture
The Anasazi culture of prehistoric American Indians develops in the Southwest, ca. 800.
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Sublimus Deus
Pope Paul III issued his papal bull, Sublimus Deus, forbidding the enslavement of American Indians.