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Marked a Beginning of contact between Europeans and Native Americans Columbus lands at Hispaniola in the Caribbean -
Balboa "discovers" the Pacific Ocean in Panama -
Cortes conquers the Aztecs at Tenochittlan -
exploring the region between Florida and the Mississippi River
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Virginia Company was established the first permanent English settlement in Jamestown -
The First permanent English settlement is founded in Jamestown, Virginia -
helped organize the voyage of the Mayflower, bringing a hundred people to Massachusetts -
Pilgrims found Plymouth colony in Massachusetts -
bringing others to Boston in 1630 to set up a City upon a Hill (godly society that would be an ideal for others to follow) -
English Setter defeated Native Americans -
was named when France claimed the Mississippi River Valley