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1492
Christopher Columbus
sailed -
1519
Hernando Cortez
sailed -
1532
Francisco Pizzaro
claimed new colonies for Spain -
1539
Hernan de Soto
First to discover and cross the Mississippi River -
Period: 1565 to
Spanish Settlement in the Americas
settlement -
Period: to
English Settlement in the Americas
settlement -
Jamestown, Virginia
founded by the Virginia Company -
French Settlement
settlement -
Dutch settlement
settlement -
Roger Williams
Banished -
Anne Hutchinson
brought up heresy charges -
Pequot War
Pequot were virtually wiped put by the English -
Period: to
King Phillips War
Involved the Wampanoag Indians in the Plymouth Colony -
Causes of American Revolution
Proclamation -
Boston Massacre
A clash between British troops and townspeople in Boston -
Lexington and Concord
British General Thomas Gage sent 700 soldiers to destroy guns and ammunition the colonists had stored in the town of Concord, just outside of Boston. -
The Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson -
End of the American Revolution
Great Britain acknowledged the US as a free nation -
Treaty of Greenville
established patterns for dividing and setting the NW Territory -
Important Acts Passed under the Articles of Confederation
Northwest Ordinance -
US Constitution
Delegates met to revise the Articles of Confederation but decided to create a new constitution -
Judiciary Act
No details for a court system in the Constitution -
Jay's Treaty
Intended to hurt the French, but hurt US trade -
Pinckney's Treaty
Spain afraid of alliance between Great Britain and the US -
Period: to
Amendments 11-27
Amendments added to the Constitution -
Election
John Adams elected -
Convention
Meeting between United States and France over the Quasi-Wars - conflict in the Caribbean over shipping and trade -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Embargo Act
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War
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My Birthday
The day I was born.
