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1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower
1638 Printing press reaches America
1664 English capture/rename New York
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
1700 American colonies prosper
1540 Spanish arrive in California
1540 Coronado travels through Midwest
1565 First colony St. Augustine
1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony
1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement
1492 Columbus discovers West Indies
1507 The term America first used
1513 Ponce de Leon discovers Florida
1519 - 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico
1534 Cartier claims New France
 John Hewson Atwood
 b.1471 , United Kingdom
 d.1562 St Martins, United Kingdom
 Nicholas Atwood
 b.1553  England, United Kingdom
 d.1586  England, United Kingdom
 Margaret Grenville
 b.1473 , United Kingdom
 d.1558 St Martin In , United Kingdom