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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Jan 1, 1493
Columbus: His ships
The Nina, The pinta, and the santa maria his voyage was sponsored by spain. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Tribes
Many tribes live in PA
First contact with europeans -
Jamestown Virginia
this is the time when Jamestown was settled. -
Henry Hudson
This is the time when he explored the delaware Bay area -
Pilgrams settled
Pilgrams settled in Plymouth (Massachusetts) -
Peter Minuit
He came to New Netherland, New Sweden is founded.Peter Minuit (1580-1638) was director general of the New Netherland colony in America and founder of New Amsterdam. He later became first governor of New Sweden. -
The Dutch
The dutch take over Sweden. -
England
England takes over the colony (New York) The english took control of new netherlan in 1664 and renamed it New york. -
William Penn
He is granted the Charter for PennsylvaniaPenn was born in 1644, at Tower Hill, London, the son of Admiral Sir William Penn and Margaret Jasper, previously widowed of a captain, and the daughter of a Rotterdam merchant. William Penn, served in the Commonwealth Navy during the English Civil War and was rewarded by Oliver Cromwell with estates in Ireland. -
Pennsylvania
This is the year that Pennsylvania was founded, William Penn meets with the Delaware Indians. Pennsylvania's official flag was adopted in 1907. The flag has a deep blue background. In the center are two harnessed draft horses surrounding a shield picturing a ship, a plow, and 3 sheaves of wheat. Above is a bald eagle. Below are a stalk of corn, an olive branch, and a draped red ribbon that reads,"VIRTUE, LIBERTY, AND INDEPENDENCE." -
William Penn dies
This is the year william Penn died, He died of a Stroke. -
Ben Franklin
In this time Ben franklin arrived in Philadelphia -
Walking Purchase
The Walking Purchase (or Walking Treaty) was a purported 1737 agreement between the Penn family, the proprietors of Pennsylvania, and the Lenape (also known as the Delaware). -
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War
In the early part of the eighteenth century, the trans-Appalachian region of North America remained much as it had been for the after centuries. Some trappers and backwoodsmen—Frenchmen from Canada and Englishmen from the British colonies—traveled through its woods and rivers, but the principal occupants of the region were Native Americans and a great diversity of wildlife. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Pontiac's rebellion (1763-6), misnomer for an uprising by American Indian tribes of the eastern Great Lakes region. Pontiac was an Ottawa chief, but the Delaware, Shawnee, and Seneca were more significant. During the French and Indian war they wrung land recessions from the English in treaties which neither side intended to respect, underlined when Amherst discontinued buying peace with gifts in 1760. -
stamp act
This is the year the stamp act was passed. -
Townsend Acts
in This is the Year the townsend act was passed -
Coal
Ahthracite Coal is first used in homes on this date. -
Tea anyone?
The boston tea party was on this date and it is a Rebellion -
!Continental Congress!
The Intolerable acts were passed on this date, The Intolerable Acts were laws that were really punishments that King George III put on the colonies. He did this to the Colonists because he wanted to punish them for dumping tea into the harbor at the Boston Tea Party. -
The Declaration
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. -
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Valley forge
Washington occupies Valley Forge.No battle was fought at Valley Forge. But it was the turning point in the Revolutionary War. It was here that the Continental army was desperately against the ropes bloody, beaten, battle weary and ready to quit. -
Article
On this date The Articles of Confederation was adopted by the states. -
U.S. Constitution
On this date the U.S. Constitution is adopted.The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. The Constitution is the framework for the organization of the United States government and for the relationship of the federal government with the states, citizens, and all people within the United States. -
President!!!!!!!
The First President(George Washington is elected! -
Cornplanter
This year Cornplanters Grant was Complete -
Lancaster Pike
The privately built Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road was the first important turnpike and the first long-distance broken-stone and gravel surface built in America according to formal plans and specifications. The road's construction marked the beginning of organized road improvement after the long period of economic confusion following the American Revolution.
