Unit 1 timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus' "discovery"

    Christopher Columbus' "discovery"
    Colubus is supposedly the first person to dicover Ameica.
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    Jamestown is founded in the colony of Virginia.
  • Plymouth

    Plymouth
    Plymouth colony is found by the people on the Mayflower.
  • Massachusetts bay colony

    Massachusetts bay colony
    Massachusetts bay colony is created.
  • New Amsterdam to New York

    New Amsterdam to New York
    New Amsterdam becomes New York but when the Dutch took control for a short time it was called New Orange, but then changed back to New York.
  • William Penn = Pennsylvania

    William Penn = Pennsylvania
    William Penn creates the Pennsylvania colony.
  • Albany Congress meets

    23 Delegates met in Albany to create the Albany Plan.
  • Fort Duquesne

    George Washington assaults Fort Duquesne, also known as present day Pittsburg.