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Oct 3, 1455
Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg invents printing press with metal movable type. -
Oct 3, 1475
Rifles
Muzzle-loaded rifles invented in Italy and Germany -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. On this date Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain to find an alternate route to India. -
Oct 12, 1492
Columbus landed in the New World
Landed on the small island inwhat is now the Bahamas. -
Oct 3, 1494
Whiskey
Whiskey invented in Scotland -
Oct 3, 1497
John Cabot
John Cabot lands in Newfoundland, beginning the British colonial presence in North America. -
Oct 4, 1502
slaves
First reported African Slaves in The New World -
Oct 4, 1506
Death
Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid, Spain. -
May 2, 1519
Leonardo
Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2. -
Oct 4, 1520
Cortes
Hernán Cortés leads the Spanish conquest of Mexico. -
Oct 4, 1521
Magellan
Philippines discovered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year. -
Oct 4, 1524
Atlantic coast
Giovanni da Verrazzano is the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between South Carolina and Newfoundland. -
Oct 4, 1531
Church
The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church. -
Oct 4, 1532
Inca's
Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. -
Oct 4, 1539
Soto
Hernando de Soto explores inland North America. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo
Galileo Galilei born on February 15 -
Oct 4, 1572
no more inca's
Spanish conquistadores apprehend the last Inca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba, Peru, and execute him in Cuzco. -
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh founds Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in the New World, in the Virginia Colony. -
Jamestown
Jamestown Settlement is founded by English gold seekers. -
Telescope
•Hans Lippershey invents the first refracting telescope -
Marriage
Pocahontas marries John Rolfe; Galileo Galilei faces the Inquisition -
Cape Horn
First rounding of Cape Horn -
Sir Walter
Sir Walter Raleigh executed -
Submariane
•The earliest human-powered submarine invented by Cornelis Drebbel. -
New Hampshire
First English settlement in New Hampshire -
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bay Colony founded -
Massachusets
Colony of Massachusetts founded -
Maryland
Colony of Maryland chartered -
South Carolina
South Carolina founded -
Peace
Peace treaty between William Penn and North American Indians; Sir Isaac Newton explains his gravitational theories -
NC and SC
Carolina divided into North and South Carolina -
Mayan
Last remains of the Mayan civilization destroyed by the Spanish in the Yucatan -
Virginia
To help defray the cost of keeping troops in America, Parliament enacts (March 22) the Stamp Act, imposing a tax on many types of printed materials used in the colonies. Seen as a violation of rights, the Act sparks violent demonstrations in several Colonies. Virginia's House of Burgesses adopts (May 29) the Virginia Resolves claiming that, under British law, Virginians could be taxed only by an assembly to which they had elected representatives. Delegates from nine colonies attend the Stamp Act -
Boston Teaparty
This date is when the sons of liberty grouped to gether and raided the British ships and dumped out tons and tons of tea. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party -
Battles
Battles of Lexington and Concord -
We Win
The British surrender at Yorktown -
declaration of independence
That stated that the US was now a free country independent of Britain. Signed by founding fathers and was written mostly by thomas jefferson and discussed natural rights and also listed many grievances by the colonists against england. -
Shays Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion -
Constitution
Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia -
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