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Sep 24, 1200
Cahokia
Cahokia was the largest settlement in the Mississippian valley, near modern St.louis, and contained approximately 20,000 natives at its peak population, and was the largest North American settlement until the arrival of Europeans. The natives living in the area developed a complicated political system run by powerful chiefs to control their trade networks. The city vanished by the 15th century, and any of the Mississippian natives left in the area where wiped out by disease from Europeans -
May 17, 1451
Iriqouis league
a century before the arrival of Europeans, an Iroquois leader known as Hiawatha tried to promote peace between many conflicting Iroquois nations, in time, he established what was known as the Iroquois league, a combination of 6 different native tribes who worked together to solve problems affective all of them, much like a modern united nations. This league even survived the arrival of Europeans -
Oct 12, 1492
Columbus
Christopher Columbus makes first landfall off the southern coast of america, marking the first of hundresd of european landings in the years to come. after sailing around the islands south of america believing he is in the far east, he returns to spain with news of his discovery. this begins europes awarness of the western hemisphere and begins the settling of the new world. -
Aug 20, 1501
Amerigo Vespucci Recognizes new world
Amerigo Vespucci is the first to reach the western coast of America and name the Pacific Ocean, or the ocean of peace, and shows to the world that the world continues beyond this new continent. The continents of amerigo come are named after him, a feminized Latin version of his first name. -
May 30, 1513
Ponce de Leon claims Florida for spain
Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon claims the southern part of the Atlantic east coast for Spain, calling it Florida. He was later killed by natives in 1521, however his claim allowed other Spanish conquistadors to operate more easily in the area, a large factor in the founding of what is now Mexico. -
Feb 18, 1535
French Northern settlements
French explorer Samuel de Champlain sails up the St.Lawrence River and founds the settlement of Quebec. Other explorers such as john Cabot also founded settlements in the north, preventing British settlers from moving further north -
Lost colony of Roanoke
An English group of colonists led by John White settled on Roanoke Island in an attempt to rival the Spanish colonies in the area. After facing hostilities from the natives in the area, John White sailed back to England in order to gain more support for the colony. Upon arriving, he was stuck and couldn’t return for three years, and upon his return, found that everyone he had left behind, including his daughter, had vanished. This discouraged England from settling in the west for 2 decades -
Founding of jamestown
a group of london merchants know as the virginia company sent a colony to settle in the new world hoping to profit from gold and silver they were hoping to mine. they however began to grow tobaco on every plot of land, leading to food shortages in the winter and depleted soil, causing them to take what they needed from the natives. tobaco also required alot of work, causing the import of slaves from africa. -
Mayflower Compact
A group of puritans bound for the new world under the sponsorship of the Virginia Company are blown off course. No longer being where they were supposed to, they felt as though the contract binding them to the will of the Virginia Company was no longer valid. Because of this, the males onboard the ship drafted the mayflower compact, a document saying they were able to govern themselves and make their own rules. This is considered to be the groundwork for the declaration of independence -
Founding of Rhode Island
A group of puritans bound for the new world under the sponsorship of the Virginia Company are blown off course. No longer being where they were supposed to, they felt as though the contract binding them to the will of the Virginia Company was no longer valid. Because of this, the males onboard the ship drafted the mayflower compact, a document saying they were able to govern themselves and make their own rules. This is considered to be the groundwork for the declaration of independence -
Founding and capture of new amsterdamn
A newly independent Netherlands sent its own settlers to the new world, eventually making landfall at the mouth of the Hudson River at the tip of Manhattan Island, calling it New Amsterdam. Due to its prime location, it became a hotspot for fur trade. This caused conflicts with the nearby English who where also seeking to dominate the fur trade, and in 1664, they stormed and captured the settlement and it was given to the duke or York. The settlement was renamed New York in his honour -
King Williams War
A war between Britain and France for control over North America started in 1989 when the English, with their Iroquois allies attacked the French city of Montreal. In retaliation, the French, with the Algonquin as allies, attacked English settlements such as New York. The attacks went back and forth, interrupted by a brief peace, but igniting again after 5 years. King William responded with increasing military presence in English colonies, a factor leading to revolution -
Salem Witch Trials
In 1691, in Salem Massachusetts, over a hundred women where accused of witchcraft, or consorting with the devil. 19 Women and one man were convicted and executed ether by hanging or pressed to death by stones. Mostly targeted where women who where old, unmarried, widowed, ugly, or a religious minority
