Jamestown was one of the first settlements in virginia. They were mainly interested in finding gold and because of this many died of hunger. when they got there footing the settlement grew stronger and started to grow tabacco
Pope Alexander VI passes the Treaty of Tordesillas to stop the fighting of Spain and Portugal. He creates a line through the world that separates their land. Spain gets land to the West. Portugal gets land to the East.
Leif Ericson and his crew land in today's Newfoundland, Canada. As they never conquered the natives, they are not credited with the discovery of North America.