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Jan 1, 1450
Spain becomes United
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Period: Jan 1, 1450 to
NEW WORLD BEGINNINGS CHAPTER 1
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Jan 1, 1488
Diaz Rounds Southern Tip of Africa
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Oct 3, 1492
Columbus Lands in Bahamas
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Oct 3, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
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Oct 3, 1498
Da Gama Reaches India
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Period: Oct 3, 1500 to
THE PLANTING OF ENGLISH AMERICA CHAPTER 2
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Oct 3, 1513
BALBOA CLAIMS PACIFIC COAST LAND FOR SPAIN
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Oct 3, 1513
PONCE DE LEON EXPLORES FLORIDA
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Oct 3, 1517
MARTIN LUTHER BEGINS PRTOTESTANT REFORMATION
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Oct 3, 1521
PONCE DE LEON EXPLORES FLORIDA AGAIN
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Oct 3, 1521
CORTES CONQUERS MEXICO FOR SPAIN
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Oct 3, 1522
MAGELLAN'S VESSEL COMPLETES CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE
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Oct 3, 1524
Cabot Explores Noth American Coast
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Oct 3, 1524
VERRAZANO NORTH AMERICA FOR FRANCE
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Oct 3, 1532
PIZARRO CRUSHES INCAS
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Oct 3, 1534
CARTIER JOURNEYS UP ST LAWRENCE RIVER
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Oct 3, 1536
INSTITUTES OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION PUBLISHED
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Oct 3, 1542
DE SOTO EXPLORES SOUTH EAST DISCOVER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
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Oct 3, 1542
CORONADO EXPLORE SOUTHWEST AMERICA
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Oct 3, 1542
CABRILLO EXPLORES CALIFORNIAN CAOST FOR SPAIN
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Oct 3, 1558
ELIZABETH 1 BECOMES QUEEN OF ENGLAND
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Oct 3, 1565
SPANISH BUILD FORT AT ST AUGUSTINE
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Period: Oct 3, 1565 to
ENGLISH CRUSH IRISH UPRISING
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Oct 3, 1575
IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY FOUNDED
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Oct 3, 1577
DRAKE CIRCUMNAVIGATES THE GLOBE
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RALEIGH FOUNDS "LOST COLONY" AT ROANOKE
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ENGLAND DEFEATS SPANISH ARMADA
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JAMES 1 BECOMES THE KING OF ENGLAND
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SPAIN AND ENGLAND SIGN PEACE TREATY
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VIRGINIA COLONY FOUNDED AT JAMESTOWN
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Period: to
AMERICAN LIFE IN THE 17TH CENTURY CHAPTER 3
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SPANISH CONQUER PUEBLO PEOPLE OF RIO GRANDE VALLEY
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ROLFE PERFECTS TABACCO CULTURE IN VIRGINIA
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FIRST ANGLO POWHATAN WAR ENDS
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FIRST AFRICANS ARRIVE IN JAMESTOWN
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HOUSE OF BURGESSES ESTABLISHED
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FIRST AFRICANS ARRIVE IN VIRGINIA
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Period: to
SETTLING THE NOTHERN COLONIES
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PILGRIMS SAILO ON THE MAYFLOWER TO PLYMOUTH BAY
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DUTCH FOUND NEW NETHERLAND
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POPULATION OF ENGLISH COLONIES ABOUT 2000
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CHARLES 1 DISMISSES PARLIAMENT AND PERSECUTES PURITANS
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PURITANS FOUND MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY
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MARYLAND COLONY FOUNDED
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Period: to
ROGER WILLIAMS CONVICTED OF HERESY AND FOUNDS RHODE ISLAND COLONY
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Period: to
CONNECTICUT AND NEW HAVE COLONIES FOUNDED
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HARVARD COLLEGE FOUNDED
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PEQUOT WAR
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ANNE HUTCHINSON BANNED FROM MASS. COLONY
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FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT DRAFTED
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Period: to
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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NEW ENGLAND CONFED FORMED
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SECOND ANGLO POWHATAN WAR
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SLAVE LABOR ESTABLISHED IN ENGLISH WEST INDIES
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ACT OF TOLERATION IN MARYLAND
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CHARLES 1 BEHEADED
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CROMWELL RULES ENGLAND
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OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION PUBLISHED
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NEW NETHERLANDS CONQUERS NEW SWEDEN
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CHARLES 2 RESTORED TO THRONE
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BARBADOS SLAVE CODE ADOPTED
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HALF WAY COVENANT FOR CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH MEMBERSHIP FOUNDED
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NEW NETHERLANDS BECOMES EAST AND WEST JERSEY
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VIRGINA ASSEMBLY DISFRANCHISES LANDLESS MEN
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Period: to
KING PHILLIPS WAR
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BACONS REBELLION IN VIRGINIA
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WILLIAM PENN FOUNDS PENNSYLVANIA
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POPES REBELLION IN NEW MEXICO
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MASS ESPANSION OF SLAVERY IN COLONIES
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ROYAL AUTHORITY CREATES DOMINION OF NEW ENGLAND
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Period: to
GLORIOUS REVOLUTION OVERTHROWS STUARTS AND DOMINION OF NEW ENGLAND
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Period: to
LIESLERS REBELLION IN NEW YORK
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SALEM WITCH TRIALS IN MASS.
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COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY FOUNDED
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ROYAL AFRICAN COMPANY SLAVE TRADE MONOPOLY ENDED
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POPULATION OF ENGLISH COLONIES IN AMERICA ABOUT 250000
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Period: to
TUSCARORA WAR IN NORTH CAROLINA
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NOTH CAROLINA SEPERATES FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
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NEW YORK CITY SLAVE REVOLT
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Period: to
YAMASEE WAR IN SOUTH CAROLINA
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GEORGIA COLONY FOUNDED
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SOUTH CAROLINA SLAVE REVOLT
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SERRA FOUNDED FIRST MISSION IN SAN DIEGO