America A Narrative History Chapter 1 &
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Humans have migrated to the Americas - ANSby 12,000 B.C.E.
Agricultural revolution begins in Mexico - ANS5000 B.C.E
The city of Cahokia flourishes in North America - ANS1050-1250 C.E
Mexica (Aztec) Empire founded in Central Mexico - ANS1325
Columbus makes his first voyage of discovery in the Americas - ANS1492
Martin Luther launches the Protestant Reformation - ANS1517
Cortes begins the Spanish conquest of Mexico - ANS1519
Pizarro subdues the Inca Empire in South America for Spain - ANS1531
Spaniards found St. Augustine, The first permanent European outpost in the present day United
States - ANS1565
Raleigh's Roanoke Island venture - ANS1584-1587
The English navy defeats the Spanish Armada - ANS1588
Pueblo Revolt - ANS1680
The primary grain crop in Mesoamerica yielding small kernels often ground into cornmeal, Easy
to grow in a broad range of conditions, it enabled a global population explosion after being
brought to Europe, Africa, and Asia. - ANSMaize (corn) (pg 6)
Otherwise known as Aztec's a Mesoamerican people of Northern Mexico who founded the vast
Aztec Empire in the fourteenth century, later conquered by the Spanish under Hernan Cortes in
1521 - ANSMexica (pg 7)
Mesoamerican people who were conquered by the Spanish under Hernando Cortes, 1519-1528
- ANSAztec Empire (pg 7)
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Humans have migrated to the Americas - ANSby 12,000 B.C.E.
Agricultural revolution begins in Mexico - ANS5000 B.C.E
The city of Cahokia flourishes in North America - ANS1050-1250 C.E
Mexica (Aztec) Empire founded in Central Mexico - ANS1325
Columbus makes his first voyage of discovery in the Americas - ANS1492
Martin Luther launches the Protestant Reformation - ANS1517
Cortes begins the Spanish conquest of Mexico - ANS1519
Pizarro subdues the Inca Empire in South America for Spain - ANS1531
Spaniards found St. Augustine, The first permanent European outpost in the present day United
States - ANS1565
Raleigh's Roanoke Island venture - ANS1584-1587
The English navy defeats the Spanish Armada - ANS1588
Pueblo Revolt - ANS1680
The primary grain crop in Mesoamerica yielding small kernels often ground into cornmeal, Easy
to grow in a broad range of conditions, it enabled a global population explosion after being
brought to Europe, Africa, and Asia. - ANSMaize (corn) (pg 6)
Otherwise known as Aztec's a Mesoamerican people of Northern Mexico who founded the vast
Aztec Empire in the fourteenth century, later conquered by the Spanish under Hernan Cortes in
1521 - ANSMexica (pg 7)
Mesoamerican people who were conquered by the Spanish under Hernando Cortes, 1519-1528
- ANSAztec Empire (pg 7)
