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Apr 17, 1492
Christopher Columbus signs contract.
Columbus signs contract with Spain to find Indies. -
Apr 30, 1492
Columbus equips his fleet
Columbus is given royal permission to equipt his fleet of ships. -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus Sets sail
Columbus sets sail from Palo's Spain -
Aug 5, 1497
Newfoundland discovered
John Cabot discovers it -
Sep 5, 1513
Isthmus of Panama Crossed
Vasco De Balboa crosses the isthmus of Panama and sees the Pacific ocean. -
Period: Sep 6, 1520 to Nov 5, 1520
Spanish vs Mayan
Spanish Conquer the Mayan people -
Sep 5, 1521
Aztec Empire defeated
Defeated by Hernan Cortez -
Sep 5, 1542
Mississippi River discovered
Hernando de Soto discovered it strengthening Spanish hold on North America. -
Roanoke Founded
Sir Walter Raleigh founds it the first english colony -
Roanoke found deserted
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Jamestown
Jamestown founded by John Smith. Major crop was tobacco. -
Virginia Slaves
Slavery is introduced to Virginia -
Mayflower Compact signed
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New Amsterdam Founded
present day New York City founded as new amsterdam -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Founded -
Province of Maryland
founded -
Connecticut Colony
founded by Thomas Hooker -
Rhode Island colony
Founded by Roger Williams -
Delaware Colony
founded -
French and Iroquois War
Escalates to full warfare. -
Period: to
Third anglo-Powhaten War
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New Amsterdam Captured
Captured by the English throught the Second Anglo-Dutch War. -
Charles town founded
present day Charleston -
Bacons Rebellion
Led by Nathanial Bacon the Virgina colonist were sick of the kind treatment of indians so they took matters into their own hands. They started to attack them and rebel. -
Pennslyvania Founded
Founded by William Penn -
Salem witch trials
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The First Great Awakening
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Pest House Opened
Phildelphia opens "Pest House" to quarentine immigrants. -
First Jockey Club
First Jockey Club is formed in South Carolina -
John Zenger is arrested for Libel
John Zenger is arrested for Libel against New York Governer. -
Flora is open!
first opera house opened in Charleston, South Carolina -
Freedom of Press!
Jury removes blame of John Zenger for what he said about the govener. -
The Walking Purchase
Runner Edward Marshell finished the walking purchase. bought 1.2 milliion acres from the Lenape- Delaware Indians. It all went to the Pennslyvania colony. -
Treaty signed ends the conojoctual war
Pennslyvania and Maryland signs treaty to end the dispute of boundries and exchanges prisioners. -
Lake Michigan Shores found
French explorer Veredrye reaches the shores of Lake Michigan. -
Slave Rebellion
Slaves rebelled in Stono South Carolina. Led by Jemmy, 25 whites were killed. -
First US Magazine
Andrew Bedford publishes the first US magazine called "American Magazine" -
Second US Magazine works toward publication
Benjamin Franklin works on getting his magazine published. -
Captain sails to America
Captain Bering sails to America. -
Captain Bering Finds Mt. St. Elias
He discovers it in Alaska. -
Alaska Discovered
Danish explorer Vitus Bering finds Alaska -
Testing of Potatoes
Wilhelm KH Frisco tests his mother's potatoes -
First Religous Magazine
"The Christian History" is created. -
First Town Hall Meeting
America's first town hall meeting, taking place at Boston's Fanuile Hall. -
Louisburg Captured
The colonials capture Louisburg from the French. -
Princeton!
Princeton Univerisy Recieves it's charter -
United Lutheran Church of US
The Church is created. -
Pennslyvania Miserium is created
Created in Philidelpia -
Shakespear in America!
First Shakespean play to be performed in America, Richard III -
St Louis!
Founded as a French trading post by Pierre LaClade Ligue -
John Wilkes and his essay on women
John wilkes gets thrown out of the House of Commons after writing an essay on women. -
Medical College opens!
First medical colleges opens up in Philadelphia -
Treason! If this be treason than make the most of it!
Patrick Henry delievers speech against stamp act -
Congress meets in New York!
Stamp Act Congress meets in New York -
Declaration of Rights!
Stamp act congress writes the declaration of rights -
John Adams is married
Miss Abigail Smith maried Mr. Johm Adams -
Fredrick County Rebels
They refuse to pay the stamp act -
Queens College gets Charter
Govener of New Jersy, William Franklin, signs for Queens College -
Disbanded duty on tea imports
Britain disbands the duty of tea imports to the America -
Townshed Acts passed
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Mason Dixon Line
Finally agreed on by PA amd MD -
Mustard!?
first mustard maunfactured in the usa -
Fire Insurance
first fire insurance company formed -
Liberty Song
First published patrotic song -
1st medical degree
Dr. John Archer -
Wesley Chapel NYC
1st methodist church -
Daniel Boone!
Exploration of Kentucky -
US gets a piano
John Harris builids a spinet piano -
Dartmouth College
Finally recieves its charter -
Vermont sepereates!
Vermont becomes independent from New York -
Amercian Flag!
The American Flag is flown for the first time in Battle. Cooch's brigde in New Castle County, Delaware is where it first flew. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation are adopted by Congress -
Thanksgivinging Day!
in response to burgoynes surrender our nation has it's first national thanksgiving day! -
Spain declares War
spain declares war on britian with US support -
Bifocals invented
Ben Franklin invents the Bifocals -
Dollar for Currency
US Congress decides on Dollar for our currency -
Napoleon Graduates
At 16 he graduated and was 42 in his class of 51. He was graduating from a militatry acadamy -
Silver Dollar and Decimal system!?
both were adopted by congress -
Shays Rebellion
takes place in Sprinfield, Massachusetts -
French Revolution
the Revolution starts up, the Assembly of Notables is convoked -
9th president elected to congress
Arthur St. Clair was elected under the Articles of Confederation -
Shay''s Rebellion put down
The rebellion was put down -
Free African Society
The society is formed in Philadelphia, Pennslyvani -
US Constution
is Drawn up in Phildelphia -
Virgina Plan
is proposed at Constituional convention -
Steamboat?
Steamboat patent issued -
US Constistution goes into effect
Thanks to New Hampshire for Ratifying -
First US Novel
Written By WH Brown "The Power of Symphay" is the first American Novel. -
First House Of Representatives Meeting
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First inaugeration Ball
for George Washington -
Bill Of Rights
James Madison Introduces it the House of Representives -
End of the War of 1812
battle of new orleans ended the war, but nobody knew -
Oil!!!!!!!
first oil deposit found in the US -
Supreme Court Ruling
They have the right to review State court cases -
Bank of US Revived
Charter renewed for bank of US -
Year with no Summer
10' snowfall in New England -
Baltimore oil company
founded on this day! -
Philadelphia Savings Fund Society
First savings bank created -
19th State!
Indiana becomes the 19th state -
American Colonization Society
Founded! -
New York Stock Exchange Company is founded
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Hartford Conn opens
First school for the Deaf -
The Asylum of the Relief of Persons Deprived from their Reasons
Opened in Philadelphia, but now it is named friend Hostpitol. -
Canal Construction Begins
Erie Canal begins construction -
Steamboat show
First show, held in Mississippi -
Seminole War
Begins in Florida -
First Sword Swallower in NYC
Performs in NYC -
First Educational Magazine
academican created in NYC -
Immigration Law
First Immigration Law passed in USA -
First Bicycle
created in NYC -
Hawaii is Priniting!
first printing press in Hawaii! -
Liberia Colony
African Colony made by Americans -
Liberia Settled
Settled by free blacks -
Murders in the Rue Morge
Edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morge is published -
Dentist's are legal!
Alabama licenses Dentists -
The Raven
Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven is published -
Capitol Punishment is abolished in Michigan
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Doughnut Created!
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Seneca Fall's Convention
Held by Elizabeth Cady Stanton -
YMCA In America!
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1st Bronze Equestrian statue in the USA
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Lincoln Elected
16th president -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
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Delaware refuses to join Confederacy
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Florida leaves the Union
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Alabama leaves the union
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Georgia leaves the union
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Louisianna leaves the Union
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Civil War Begins
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Fort Sumnter attacked
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Fort Sumnter affects
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General Lee takes Command
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First Battle of Bull Run
