European Explaination

Marco Polo's Adventures

Sep 15, 1300

Around 1300 Europeans heard about Marco Polo's adventure in China, and other Asian lands. When Europeans read about this they thought of all the riches in Aisa.

Longing for Adventure

Dec 17, 1400

People was lookinh out towards the sea wanting adventure, and to spread christianity. Moatly people wanted to find riches.

In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue

Oct 17, 1492

Columus sailed his first expedition, he landed in the Bahama Islands. He thought it was near Asia. King Ferdiand and Queen Isabella paid for it.

Voyages to the West

Nov 17, 1497

King Henery VII sent Cabot on a voyage to the west. English people thought there was water routes through the Americas that would lead north and west to Asia.

A Route

Dec 21, 1497

A Portuguese explorer named Vasco da Gama found a route, and sailed all the way to India.

To South America

Oct 14, 1498

Columbus sailed to South America, later on a map maker labled the "new" contient Amrica, from another explorer named Amergio Vespucci, and that name stuck.

Control

Aug 17, 1500

Spain took control of much south and central America and many Carribean islands including Cuba and Hispaniola. Spanish exploeres and govereners began to look north.

More control

Nov 19, 1508

Ponce de leon he explored and settled in Peutro Rico. King Ferniand gave him permission to explore north of Cuba.

Flowers and Flordia

Mar 16, 1513

Ponce de Leon set sail and ended up at Flordia, he got the name from the spanish word means flowers. They sailed to the east of the coast and through the keys to the west of the coast. He found there was land perfect for exploring north of the Caribbean islands.

Being Powerful

Sep 16, 1520

Spain was the most powerful nation in the world. They had huge tracts of land, began sendihng gold and silver back to Spain.

Outer Banks

Apr 18, 1524

King Francis I sent navigator Giovanni da Verrazano westward. Giovanni reached the North Carolina and thought he saw the pacific ocean, but he was looking at the Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds. He searched up the coast, and went back to report to the king.

Going Home

Oct 16, 1526

The remaining 150 colonists returned to Hispanola.

Military expedition

Aug 17, 1529

Hernando de Soto sailed with a military expeditionfrom Havana, Cuba to the west coast of Flordia.

Winter to Spring

Dec 19, 1539

de Soto's soliders spent the winter in Tallahasee FLordia. In spring de Soto and his men crossed Georgia, through South Carolina, and the tip of North Carolina. de Soto and his men was the first to see the these regions.

A hold on Flordia

Aug 17, 1560

There was a lot of action in the southeastern United States.
Spainsh had possesion of Flordia and started lookingsouthward.

Port Royal

Apr 16, 1562

The colonist attempted to settle near today's Port Royal. In his report he told Jean Ribulat why they choose Port Royal. Later they gave up and went home to France. Another group of huguentos led by Rene de Laudonniere settled in Fort Caroline.

Colony

Aug 18, 1562

France sent a colony to North America under commands of JEan Ribulat. The colonist wereHuguenots or france protestants. Protestants were sometimes persucuted in Catholic France.

Coast

Apr 23, 1566

juan Pardo and Hernando Boyano led a small group of men to the South Carolina coast. They pushed north and west from there the same route de Soto took 25 years ago.

Chesapeake Bay

Aug 4, 1566

An expedition set out for Chesapeake BAy from the west Indies to set up a Catholic mission. A mission is a settlement designed to convert people to particular religion

Forts

Aug 18, 1567

Spain sent troops uner Perdo Mendrez de Aviles to Flordia. South of Fort Caroline, Menendez built a fort at St. Augustine.