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Jan 1, 1000
1000 - tobacco in use
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Jun 13, 1150
founding of Hopi village
The main thing to do on the Hopi reservation is walk through the picturesque pueblos built onto the top of the mesas -
Jun 14, 1215
magna carta
The Magna Carta was signed in June 1215 between the barons of Medieval England and King John. 'Magna Carta' is Latin and means "Great Charter". The Magna Carta was one of the most important documents of Medieval England. -
Oct 14, 1493
Ponce de Leon lands in Florida
In 1493, Ponce de León sailed with Christopher Columbus on Columbus' second voyage to the Americas -
Aug 12, 1508
1508 - Spanish Invade Puerto Rico
On August 12, 1508 Juan Ponce de Leon, a soldier who had traveled with Columbus in 1493, invaded Puerto Rico -
Sep 14, 1516
Smallpox introduced in New World
This viral disease is relatively recent in human history and is believed to have come from cattle or possibly monkeys. It probably originated in the area around the Caspian Sea. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther launches the Protestant Reformation in Europe
Beyond the faults of the men at the helm, Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses brought to light serious issues regarding the nature of belief in Christ -
Jun 9, 1534
Cartier explores the St. Lawrence
In 1534, Cartier was commissioned by King Francis I of France to explore the northern American lands in search of riches and the rumored Northwest Passage to Asia -
Jan 14, 1539
deSoto and deCoronado mount expeditions
The Coronado Expedition to Tierra Nueva is an engaging record of key research by archaeologists, -
May 8, 1541
1541 - Hernando de Soto of Spain discovers the Mississippi River
one of the first European explorers to ever do so. After building flatboats, de Soto and his 400 ragged troops crossed the great river -
Sep 8, 1565
Spanish found St. Augustine, Florida.
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Raleigh’s Roanoke Island VIRGINIA. Colony
The fate of the Lost Colony of Roanoke is one of America's most famous unsolved mysteries. -
MCKINLEY ASSONATED
many guards who stood nearby, among those waiting outside was 28-year-old anarchist Leon Czolgosz who was planning to kill President McKinley. -
josh smith founded the jamestown settlement
Smith's name was on the list. On May 13, 1607 the settlers landed at Jamestown ready to begin the task of surviving in a new environment. -
French found Quebec
On that day, Samuel de Champlain and the men hired by Pierre Dugua de Mons’s trading company landed at Québec. -
DUTCH DELIVER FIRST SLAVES TO VIRGINIA
A Dutch slave trader exchanged his cargo of Africans for food in 1619 -
1620’s - Puritans settle in Massachusetts
The King of England gave them a charter to make a settlement along the Massachusetts Bay. -
may flower compact
the ship it was traveling with, leaked. After deciding to leave the leaky Speedwell behind, Mayflower finally got underway on September 6, 1620. -
john endecott
1st group of puritan settlers was led by john endecott. They began the settlement in salem massachusetts. -
john withrop 1630's
led a group of 1000 puritans on 15 ships. He became the governor of the puritan colony -
1634 - ANNE HUTCHINSON ARRIVES IN BOSTON
She settled in Cambridge and began organizing meetings of Boston women in her home -
he New England Confederation was created
The New England Confederation was a group formed in 1643 between Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven -
The Maryland Toleration Act was passed.
The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, was passed in 1649 by assembly of the Province of Maryland mandating religious toleration -
The Royal Africa Company is given a monopoly in the English slave trade
the Royal African Company was granted a similar monopoly in the slave trade -
benjamin franklin
One of the leading figures of early American history, Benjamin Franklin (1706-90) was a statesman, author, publisher, scientist, inventor and diplomat -
Queen Anne's War ends with the Treaty of Utrecht
Queen Anne's War (1702-13) corresponds to the War of the Spanish Succession. -
boston massacre
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boston tea party
The tea destroyed was contained in three ships, lying near each other at what was called at that time Griffin's wharf, and were surrounded by armed ships of war, the commanders of which had publicly declared that if the rebels -
meriweather lewis
Meriwether Lewis was born August 18, 1774 at the Lewis family estate, Locust Hill, in Albemarle County, VA. His family boasted many decorated soldiers, including his father, -
jsmes madison
In 1776, he became a delegate to the revolutionary Virginia Convention, where he worked closely with Thomas Jefferson to push through religious freedom statutes, -
john jay
He retired from the Congress in 1776 rather than sign the Declaration of Independence. -
aaron burr
After evacuating with the army on June 19, 1778, he commanded a brigade during Monmouth. After the action there, he openly supported General Charles Lee — whom Washington had reprimanded upon finding him retreating from battle -
john adams
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constitution of the united states
The Federal Convention convened in the State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787, to revise the Articles of Confederation. -
andrew jackson
Jackson prospered sufficiently to buy slaves and to build a mansion, the Hermitage, near Nashville. -
sam adams
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richard henry lee
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bill of rights
On September 25, 1789, the First Congress of the United States therefore proposed to the state legislatures 12 amendments to the Constitution that met arguments most frequently advanced against it -
The U. S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.
Jefferson was the first president to be inaugurated in the new and lasting capital of Washington, D.C. in March 1801. -
missouri compromise
1818, Missouri Territory had gained sufficient population to warrant its admission into the Union as a state. Its settlers came largely from the South, and it was expected that Missouri would be a slave state. -
erie canal
The Erie Canal is famous in song and story. Proposed in 1808 and completed in 1825, the canal links the waters of Lake Erie in the west to the Hudson River in the east. -
dred scott
In 1846, Dred Scott and his wife Harriet filed suit for their freedom in the St. Louis Circuit Court. -
kansas nebraska act
Kansas-Nebraska Act, bill that became law on May 30, 1854, by which the U.S. Congress established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska -
virginia secedes
Describing the 1861 convention in which Virginians finally voted for secession, Lincoln declared to the U.S. Congress, -
HITLER BORN
Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria on April 20, 1889. -
Washington admitted as state
On November 11, 1889, Washington becomes the 42nd state of the United States of America. -
WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST FLIGHT
the Wright Brothers designed their first aircraft: a small, biplane glider -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram by Barbara Tuchman recounts that story in all of its exciting detail. It is an excellent historical account for high school students. -
WORLD WAR I ENDS
On Nov. 11, 1918, fighting in World War I came to an end following the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany that called for a ceasefir -
Italian navigator John Cabot landed in Newfoundland
Cabot undertook a second, larger expedition in 1498. On this trip, Cabot may have reached America, but that is uncertain. Cabot's expeditions were the first of Britain's claims to Canada.
