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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
Before the French and Indian War.
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Oct 30, 1492
Columbus discovers the new world
Columbus arrives in the New World believing he found a route to the Indies. Goes to his grave not knowing he discovered the New World. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
A treaty dividing the new lands outside of Europe between Crown of Portugal and Crown of Castile along a meridian. -
Jan 1, 1516
Smallpox in the New World
Europeans bring smallpox over with them. Native Americans do not have the anibodies to fight off the disease. Large percentage of the Native American population killed. -
Jan 1, 1517
Protestant Reformation
A major 16th century European movement aimed at reforming the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. -
Jan 1, 1549
Francisco de Coronado
Francisco Coronado lead a group of spanish explorers to southwerstern america, looking for rumored Cities of Gold. -
Jan 1, 1550
Tobacco introduced
Tobacco is introduced to Europe. Later proves helpful to many colonies. -
Virginia Company
A pair of English joint stock companies chartered by James I, with the purposes of establishing settlements on the coast of North America. -
Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in the Americas. Established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 14, 1607 -
Mayflower
Ship transporting pilgrims looking to escape religious persecution, -
Toleration Act
A law mandating religious tolerance for trinitarian Christians. -
King Philips War
an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day New England and English colonists and their Native American allies -
Bacon's Rebellion
an uprising in the Virginia Colony in North America, led by Nathaniel Bacon. -
Pennsylvania Founded
Founded by William Penn as a "Holy experiment" where all faiths would be welcomed to settled. -
Glorious Revolution
the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians. -
Salem Witch Trials
Series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts -
Queen Anne's War
The second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought between France and England -
Virginia Slave Cod.
Series of laws enacted by the Colony of Virginia's House of Burgesses regulating activities related to interactions between slaves and U.S. citizens in the U.S. state of Virginia. -
Enlightenment
The intellectual thriving period in America in the mid-to-late 18th century. -
King George's War
War between England and France. -
Great Awakening
Several periods of religious revival in American religious history.