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Jan 1, 1001
vikings arrive at america
Leif Ericsson and 35 vikings explored the coast of labrador -
Feb 16, 1406
claudius ptolemy
cladius ptolemy drew maps of a round world. in 1406 ptolemy geography was rediscovered his maps ued basic systems of lines of latitude and longitude that we still used today. -
Aug 3, 1492
christopher columbus
in 1492 spain's king ferdinlnad and queen isabella finally agreed to finance columbus expedition . columbus and his three ships left spain , they landed in the bahamas. -
Apr 16, 1493
christopher columbus returns to spain
he returns to spain with gold, parrots, spices , and native americans. -
Nov 16, 1493
columbus leaves for second trip
columbus soon left for his second voyage with seven-teen ships and 1,200 colonist in novemeber 1493, he landed in hispaniola. after that he made two more voyages to america. -
Mar 12, 1497
england/ religion
the king of england sent john cabot to find a western route asia. he landed in nova scotia above main, now a part of canda -
Feb 25, 1499
the americas were named
amergio vespucci an italian who repeated columbus voyages in 1499 and in 1501 he had discovered that this large land couldnt be part of asia. -
Feb 25, 1513
juan ponce de leon
the spanish governor of puerto rico , discovered florida 1513. also in 1513, vasco de balboa becamed the first europeans to reach the pacific coast of america. -
Mar 12, 1517
led by martin luther
luther was expelled from the catholic church his ideas spread widely -
Feb 25, 1519
the spanish government
the spanish goverment asked hernan cortes to lead an expedition to the yucatan peninsula to find new people who could be forced to work on the farms and mines of cuba -
Feb 25, 1520
the aztec
the aztec presist organized a rebellion against the spanish and drove them out of the capitial . cortes launched another attack this time defeating the aztecs. -
Mar 12, 1521
spanish american society
the french sent giovannde vernazaro to make the north america coastline passage. -
Nov 19, 1527
Calvinism
john calvin suggested that neither kings nor bishops should control the church congregations should choose their own leaders. he later founded calvinism in 1527, -
Sep 19, 1565
The spanish had established town!
the spanish had establish the town of st. augustine, florida, in 1565 to protect their claim to the region after the french tried to settle the carolins. the town became the first permanent settement established by europeans in the present. -
fur trade
by 1600 fur partially became very fashionable in europe. as the demand for it increased, french merchants became interested in expanding the fur trade -
Bacon Rebellion
Sir william berkeley , governor of V.a dominated V.a's society in the mid 1600's -
what is mercantilism
a mercantilism is the belief that a country's wealth was measured by the amount of gold and silver it possed. -
mercantillists
mercantillist also believed that a country should establish colonies in order to be self sufficient in raw materials -
The Puritans
the puritans cause suffered a serious setback in 1603, when james I became king. lthough king james was protestant, he refused to tolerte any changes in the structure of the anglicn church. -
JamesTown
A group of english investors petitioned the new king of england , james I, for a charter to plant colonies in Virginia. -
Starving time!!
The colonist at jamestown ate dogs,rats,snakes,toadstool, and horsehides. and a few settlers even engaged in cannibalism, diggin up corpses from graves and eating them. -
Struggling to get settled
from food shortages, sickness, only 53 colonist were still alive by the end of the year. all of the colonist would have died if it wasnt for captian John Smith and Chief Powhatan -
Dutch Discovered the Hudson River
dutch east india company hired an english navigator to find a route through north america to the pacific . hudson found a wide river today known as the hudson river -
John Rolfe
he experimented with seeds from trinidad and he shipped about 2,600 pounds to england -
Saving jamestown
Dale's discipline saved the colony, but jamestown still did not thrive. dale decided to permit private cultivation. settlers could aquire three acres of land if they gave the colony one month of work and 2 and 1/2 barrels of corn. -
English Civil War
when king charles I sent troops into the english parliament to arrest several puritans leaders. the puritans responded by creating an army. which caused the civil war. -
Execution of king charles I
In 1648 Charles was brought to trial in Westminster Hall before 135 judges and found guilty by 68 votes to 67. Charles faced his execution on the 30 January 1649 at Whitehall. He was beheaded on a specially built scaffold. The crowd groaned as the act took place. Later that day Cromwell was heard to say over the body of Charles 'cruel necessity'. He was buried on the 7 February 1649. -
Maryland Toleration Act
the act granted religious toleration to all christians in maryland and was intended to protect the catholic minority from protestants -
Support King Or Purtians
in virginia , the governor and the house of burgesses supported the king until a fleet sent by the purtians forced them to change sides -
Charles II
by the time he took the throne in 1660, the dutch controlled a large portion of the fur trade -
Charles II
charles the 2nd assumed the throne in 1660, he and his advisers were determined to generate wealth for england by regulating trade and expanding the colonies in america. -
new france expands
the french government introduced a series of projects designed to increase the colony's population . Louis Joliet and Jaques Marquette explrored the mississipi river. renee robert cavliver de la salle then followed the river to the gulf of mexico and claimed the region, which he made lousiana for france. -
Navigation Act
all goods imported or exported from the colonies had to be transported on english ships. also, there were certain raw materials that the colonies could only sell to england. these acts angered colonial merchants when king james II succeeded charles II, he enacted harsh rules that angered nearly everyone -
Parliament Glourious revolution
The parliament didnt want a catholic dynasty. they asked the protestant daughter mary and her husband william to succeed james. meaning to over throw james . -
war
the war erupted between the backcountry settlers and natives . -
the french && indian war
both the french and british want the ohio river valley. they each bulid forts in order to claim the territory. -
Warr
george washingston is asked by the british to expel the french. washington agrees and after a brief battle , retreats -
Albany
Albany plan of union : suggestion that the colonist unite to form a federal government . -
Seven Year Comming
Britain and france fight spreads to europe and is known as the seven year war. -
Suga Suga
sugar act ; raised tor rates. placed new taxes on silk , wine coffee, pimento and indigo. -
War Ending
treaty of paris: ended the war in 1763 eliminating french power in north america. -
United to pay debts
britian needed the colonies to pay the war debt . by the spring of 1763; chief pontiac united native american groups to attack british forts and towns. -
Tea Act of 1773
made the east india's cost tea cheaper then smuggled british tea. americans feared that this would destroy their businesses. -
Ships coming from east india
ships began coming from east india cost arrived in boston . colonist dumped the tea into the harbor . as a result this became known as the boston tea party -
Quebec Act
gave more territory to quebec and stated that it would be run by the king. -
first congress
the first congress met in philadelphia. they wrote the declaration of rights and grievance -
British taking control
British general thomas gage set out to seize concord's supply depot. to get there they had to pass through lexington -
Trouble Arising
king shuts down trade with other colonies and orders navy to block the coast . the british began recuriting people for germany -
Common sense
common sense by thomas paine further excited colonist to call for independence. -
John Locke Born With Rights if your White & Religious
political philospher , asserted that all people were born wuth natural rights including the right to life , liberty , and property. he believed that if a government violated people's rights, the people were justified in changing the government these ideas greaty influenced america colonist. -
Independence / freedom
a committe of a patriot leaders approved the declaration of independence -
Independence or Nah
The Patriot leaders began to call for entire independence. Olive branch asked for who were loyal to the king and asked for a compromise while king george III refused -
English Bill
English bill limited power of the king giving more to citizens and parliament .this bill would be important to americas bill of rights. -
Here we are the jews
JEWS ARRIVED IN THE COLONIES, SEEKING AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE THEIR RELGION WITHOUT PERSECUTION. -
The Scotch Irish Comin on to America
the scoth irish immigranted to the colonies to escape rising taxes, poor harvest and religious descrimnation -
Slaves Slaves Slaves
between 10 and 12 million africans were transported on the journey known as the middle passage. but the first africans to arrive were treated as indentured servants. -
New England Economy
new england soil was unsuitable for large plantations , farmers there had to pratice subsistence farming the main crop grown was corn. new england was located near the atlantic ocean with an abundance of sealife because of this fishing and whaling became an important industry. -
Backcountry
backcountry farmers wanted to expand their land -
Bacon's followers
Berkeley wanted nothing to do with it. under the leadership of nathaniel bacon, the backcountry farmers attacked native americans. bacon was popular and this led to the house of burgess restoring the vote to all free men. -
Coming to America
german immigrants settled in pennsylvania looking for religious freedom. these immigrants became known as the pennsylvania dutch , and were excellent farmers.
