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1638 Printing press reaches America
1664 English capture/rename New York
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1540 Coronado travels through Midwest
1565 First colony St. Augustine
1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony
1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement
1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower
1507 The term America first used
1513 Ponce de Leon discovers Florida
1519 - 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico
1534 Cartier claims New France
1540 Spanish arrive in California
 John Leonard
 b.1518 , United Kingdom
 d.         
 Sampson Leonard
 b.1544 , United Kingdom
 d.1615  England, United Kingdom
 Elizabeth Harman
 b.1520 , United Kingdom
 d.1585 , United Kingdom
 Elizabeth Leonard
 b.1581 , United Kingdom
 d.         
 Thomas Fiennes
 b.1516 , United Kingdom
 d.1541 , United Kingdom
 Margaret Fiennes
 b.1540 , United Kingdom
 d.1611  England, United Kingdom
 Mary Neville
 b.1504 , Wales
 d.1576, Wales