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AD 1520–24 Mid-Atlantic coast peoples meet foreign explorer On the Atlantic coast, Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Lenape (Delaware) peoples encounter Giovanni da Verrazano, ... |
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, ... |
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 ... |
AD 1607 British colonists settle in Powhatan territory More than 30 tribes and an estimated 20,000 Indians, including Mattaponi, Pamunkey, and Chickahominy ... |
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 ... |
AD 1621 Wampanoag people save Pilgrims The Wampanoag people, the “People of the First Light,” are responsible for saving the Pilgrims from starvation ... |
AD 1607 Powhatan Chiefdom fights encroaching Virginia Colony Opechancanough, the brother of Chief Powhatan of the powerful Powhatan Chiefdom, is disturbed by England’ ... |
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 ... |
AD 1644 England declares war on the Powhatan Chiefdom Virginia, now a colony of the English crown, commits royal troops to defeat the Powhatan Chiefdom. The ... |
AD 1630 Puritans move farther onto Wampanoag land Thousands of English Puritans settle in what is now known as Massachusetts, moving inland and displacing ... |