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Oct 7, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus lands on an island in the Bahamas -
Oct 7, 1517
Protestant Reformantion begins in Germany
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Oct 7, 1528
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca lands in Florida
15-28-1536
Alvar nunez Cabeza de Vaca lands in Florida and spends the next eight years walking through Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona -
Settlement founded at Jamestown, Virginia
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Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth
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Great Migration of Puritans to New England Begins
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William Bradford
1630-1647
William Bradford writes Of Plymouth Plantation -
Anne Bradstreet published in England
The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America is published in England. -
King Phillip's War (Metacomet's War) Begins
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Mary Rowlandson's captivity narrative is published
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Slavery
By 1690 slavery existed in all English colonies in North America -
The Great Awakening
1740-1745
The Great Awakening begins and is spread by a traveling English preacher. -
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathon Edwards delivers his sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" -
Stamp Act Congress
American colonists protest direct tax from the British, the British repeal this tax in 1766 -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin begins to write his Autobiography. -
Boston Tea Party
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Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry delivers a speech at the Virginia Convention demanding libery from British rule -
Lexington and Concord
First shots of American Revolution Revolution are fired..."Shot heard around the world" -
Second Continental Congress adopts Declaration of Independence
