While the "Native Americans," the Norse, the Chinese and perhaps others discovered America earlier, the discovery by Columbus in 1492 is considered the "official" date of discovery becasue that is the discovery from which the modern world descends.
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The US was founded (not discovered) in 1776 AD.
North America was discovered by Europeans in 1492 AD.
America was discovered by christopher in 1492, he discovered it in the month of october
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North America discovered in Colorado
It was valuable to them because the European countries claimed North America as their own in the early 1500s, and discovered North and Central America on accident while looking for a sea route to Indonesia.
Vikings 500 years before Columbus. Columbus did NOT find North America. He landed on an island in 1492 while looking for a water route to India. All but a small fraction of the books and people that would prove this were burned and killed by Christopher Columbus and his men in 1492-1493.
Scandinavia. (vikings)
the man who opened doors for the Americans and discovered America