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Serra had 9 mission to California and was granted sainthood in 2015.

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Cabrillo explored the coast of California.

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La Salle is best known for leading an expedition down the Mississippi River, claiming the region for France.

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A Spanish conquistador to founded the colony of New Mexico for Spain.He unlocked many geographical secrets of the land.

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De Verrazzano was a explorer sent to chart the Atlantic Ocean and charted everything for the Carolina's to Newfoundland.

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He claimed Canada as Britain's when he believed he had found Asia.

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Montezuma was the last ruler of the Aztec Empire before it fell into the hands of the Spanish. Before it's fall, Montezuma conquered near by cities.

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Cortés lead the Spanish conquest/colonization of the Aztec Empire.

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Las Casa was the first to oppression of indigenous peoples by Europeans in the America's and to call for the abolition of slavery there.

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Pizarro was a solider during Balbo's travel across the Pacific Ocean and when seeking his own glory he discovered what is present-day Peru, conquering the Inca Empire.

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The mother of Cortés's first son, who is considered one of the first Mestizo's(mixed European and Indigenous)

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De Soto helped Pizarro in conquering Peru and went on to discover the Mississippi River.

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There were three Mound Builder civilization, they built earth mounds called earthworks. These mounds were used as burial places and they were settled in the North East of North America. They do not have a written language.

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Coronado was mayor of a province in New Spain(Mexico) when he heard of the Seven Golden Cities, he made an expedition up into what is present-day America and found many of today's largest monuments such as the Grand Canyon

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De León may have accompanied Columbus on his voyage, but he is known for his expedition of the coast of Florida.

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Magellan established what is known as the Strait of Magellan and was the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean.

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Balbo was a traveler, governor, and conquistador who founded a settlement in what is present-day Panama which was the first permanent European settlement in the New World. He was also the first to travel the pacific ocean from the New World.

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Ferdinand of Aragon & Isabella of Castile

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Ferdinand of Aragon & Isabella of Castile

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Ferdinand and Isabella sponsored Columbus's voyages to the New World.

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Hiawatha was the chief of the Mohawk Indian tribe and is responisble for creating peace among five tribes, creating a confederation that was a democratic and still lives on today

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Columbus was not the first person to discover the America's but he started what was the exploration and colonization of North and South America.

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Da Gama established a trading route to India by going around the tip of Africa and even traded in what is present-day Kenya.

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Dias was the first explorer to go around the tip of Africa to trade with Asia.

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The Aztecs were a group of people who were highly developed socially, intellectually, and artistically. There cities had many structures and places to embody the citizens unwavering devotion to their many gods.

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Marco Polo was a well known explorer for Italy. Today, there is an idea suggesting he many have been the first European to find the west coast(Alaska) of the America's

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The Norse had small settlements in North America but there was never any proof of a long term settlement, it does look as though they came to get timber.

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The Mississppian Settlement was the next settlement after the mound builders. They were the largest settlement north of Mexico.