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  1. AD 1520–24
    Mid-Atlantic coast peoples meet foreign explorer
    On the Atlantic coast, Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Lenape (Delaware) peoples encounter Giovanni da Verrazano, ...
  2. AD 1540
    The Zuni resist a conquistador but retreat from Spanish guns
    The Spanish conquistador Francisco Vasquez de Coronado seeks the “Seven Cities of Gold.” At Hawikuh, ...
  3. AD 1590
    Spain attacks pueblos; establishes colony at Ohkay Owingeh
    Spanish forces under colonial governor Juan de Oñate march north from Mexico through the Rio Grande ...
  4. AD 1607
    British colonists settle in Powhatan territory
    More than 30 tribes and an estimated 20,000 Indians, including Mattaponi, Pamunkey, and Chickahominy ...
  5. AD 1607
    Powhatan Chiefdom fights encroaching Virginia Colony
    Opechancanough, the brother of Chief Powhatan of the powerful Powhatan Chiefdom, is disturbed by England’ ...
  6. AD 1620
    English Pilgrims settle on Wampanoag land
    Pilgrims settle at what is now known as Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod near the abandoned village ...
  7. AD 1620
    Pequot trade for iron pots to cook traditional foods
    The Pequot, who live near what is now known as the Mystic River in Connecticut, get food from the rich ...
  8. AD 1621
    Wampanoag people save Pilgrims
    The Wampanoag people, the “People of the First Light,” are responsible for saving the Pilgrims from starvation ...
  9. AD 1622
    Powhatan Chiefdom resists English settlement in Virginia
    At the death of Chief Powhatan in 1618, his brother takes his place as the leader of the Powhatan Chiefdom ...
  10. AD 1630
    Puritans move farther onto Wampanoag land
    Thousands of English Puritans settle in what is now known as Massachusetts, moving inland and displacing ...
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