Settlement by Indians of six major cultural areas: Northwest Coast, Plains, Plateau, Eastern Woodlands, Northern and Southwest. Explorations by English, French, Spanish, Dutch 1607 Start of American Colonial Period 1620 Mayflower lands 1682 French explore Mississippi River

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