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Novo Columbus Reaches America; Spain's Claim

Sir Francis Drake attacks Saint Augustine, Florida

Champlain maps the New England coast

The Dutch build Fort Amsterdam on the southern tip of Manhattan Island

The first book is printed in the United States, Psalms of the Bay, produced in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Priest Eusebio Kino explores northern Mexico and the American Southwest

Beginning of the Franco-Indian War

The Boston Massacre

Declaration of Independence

The Treaty of Paris establishes American independence