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Jan 1, 1492
Columbus discovers new world
columbus arives in america thinking he has just found a new trade route to the west indies, but he has discovered much more. -
Oct 1, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
The treaty divided the newly discovered lands between Crown of Portugal and Crown of Castile along a meridian. -
Oct 1, 1517
Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther and his followers challenged the Catholic Church for a return to the purer practices and beliefs of the early Church. -
Jan 1, 1580
tobacco is discovered
tobacco is discovered in America, it is later altered to not be as strong, becomes very popular in Europe and a cash crop for America. -
The start of America
North America remained mostly unexplored and unclaimed, three main colonies are set up in america. The Spanish at Santa Fe in 1610, the French at Quebec in 1608, and the English at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. -
virgina company
was founded by a group of London investors, who then invested on sending ships over to Chesapeake Bay -
Jamestown is founded
the virgina company names the colony after the king. this was a very important colony in the founding of america. colony was led by john smith. -
mayflower compact
the first document of self-government in North America. -
massachusetts bay company
a group of welthy puritans who were granted a royal charter in 1629 to settle in massachusetts bay. -
pequot war
conflict between english settlers and pequot indians over control of land and trade in eastern connecticut. -
Beaver Wars
series of bloody conflicts occuring between 1640 and 1600 during which the Iroquois fought the French for control of the fur trade in the east and the great lake region. -
slavery
slave trade becomes very popular in the south and is needed to harvest all the cash crops. -
king philips war
conflict in new england between wampanoags, narragansetts and other indian peoplesagainst english settlers,sparked by english encroachments on native lands. -
bacons rebellion
violent conflict in virgina, beginning with settler atacks on indians but culminating in rebellion led by nathaniel bacon against virginas government. -
king williams war
the first of a series of colonial struggles between england and france. -
Toleration Act
a law passed by parliment allowing for other religions to settle in the British colonies and be practiced freely -
salem witch trials
a time in history when people thought other people were witches for bad reasons, they wouldnt give them a fair trial, no one would back that person up because then they would be called a witch too, then they would be killed. -
queen annes war
american phase of europes war of the spanish succession. (1702-1713) -
great awakening
termendous religious revival in colonial america -
king georges war
the third anglo-french war in north america, part of the european conflict known as the war of the austrian succession.
