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Mar 12, 1488
Diaz Compleates round trip around the southern tip of Africa
He was the first European to get around the Cape of Good Hope.He established a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia. -
Oct 28, 1492
Columbus discovers the New World
He Landed In the Bahamas. Columbus landed in Barriay, a harbor near the eastern tip of the island. -
Jun 7, 1494
Tready of Tordessills
Tready between Spain and Portugal to clear up confusion on newly claimed lan d in the New World. -
Apr 2, 1513
Ponce De Leon claimed Florida
He claimed it for Spain. He landed near present day St. Augustine. -
Jun 9, 1534
St.Lawrence River Sailed for first time
Saques Carter was the first person to sial up the river. St. Lawrence connects to the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. -
May 8, 1541
De Soto discovers Mississppi River
He was the first Eurpoean to document the river. Thier is a famous picture where dDe Soto is ridng a white horse. -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth 1 becomes queen of England
Elizabeth was born at Greenwich Palace and was named after both her grandmothers. -
Sep 8, 1565
St. Augistine founded by Spanish
It is the oldest city in the nation and its the oldest city in the nation and its first perminant settelment in the United States. -
Aug 31, 1570
Iroquois confederacy founded
It is a coroprative and peace keeping organization. the five nations in clude Mohawks, Oneidas, Onadagas, Cayugas, and Senecas. -
Raleigh founds Roanoke colony
Sir Walter Raleigh organized an expedition that landed on North Carolina's Roanoke Island.The colony started out with more than a hundred men and then they all vanished. -
England defeated the Spanish Armada
England held the defeat of the armada as one of her greatest achievements, assisting the decline of the Spanish Empire. -
Virginia colony founded in Jamestown
It was founded 13 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in Massachusetts.The colony was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London. -
Mayflower Compact
It was the first governing document of Plymouth colony. I t established first basis in New World written laws. -
Maryland colony founded
The colony was founded because Lord Baltimore was motivated both by the desire for profit and the desire to create a refuge for Roman Catholics. -
Fundamental Orders
It constists of a preamble and 11 orders, the laws created a common government between three towns on the Connecticut River. -
Barbados Slave Code Adopted
Masters had complete control of their slaves. Masters could beat thier slaves crulely for misbehaveing. -
Popes Rebellion
It took place in New Mexico. The Rebellion was an uprising of pueblo Indians against Spanish Colonists. -
Tuscarora War
The war began in 1711 in North Carolinia. It was between the British, Dutch, and German settlers and the Tuscarora, a local Native American tribe. -
North Carolinia seperates from South Carolinia
North and South Carolina became separate royal colonies because the north wanted to be more democratic. -
Yamasee War
The South Carolinas defeated the Yamasee Indians. the indians killed hundreds of colonists and sent the rest running to Charles town. -
Georgia was founded
Georgia was founded by James Oglethrope. It had two main purposes: to serve as a place where debtors in prison could go to start anew and it served as a barrier against Spanish expansion from Florida.
