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Jan 1, 600
Mayan Civilization
Start of the Mayan Civilization. They lived in Mexico. -
Period: Jan 1, 600 to
Colonial America
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Jan 1, 1000
Leaif Ericson and Vikings Reach North America
Viking that discovered America first. -
Nov 27, 1095
Crusades
The crusades ended in 1291. -
Jan 1, 1271
Marco Polo Reaches China
Set off from the city of Venice with his father and uncle. He was only 17 years old. -
Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance
The Renaissance is a period of intellectual and artistic creativity. -
Jan 1, 1360
Aztec Civilization
Settled on Lake Texoco, today part of Mexico City. -
Jan 1, 1490
Inca Civilization
The Inca Empire was quite short-lived. It lasted just shy of 100 years, from ca.1438 AD, when the Inca ruler Pachacuti and his army began conquering lands surrounding the Inca heartland of Cuzco, until the coming of the Spaniards in 1532. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus discovers America
On 12 October 1492 he arrived in "the Americas," or back then called the new world. -
Jan 1, 1494
Line of Demarcation
The pope drew this imaginary line going down the middle of the Atlantic ocean frem the North Pole to the South Pole. Spain was to control all the lands to the west and Portugal was to have control of all the lands to the east. -
Jan 1, 1565
St. Augustine---- First Permanent Spanish Settlement
juan Ponce de Leon's exploration led to this establishment. -
Quebec Founded
Founded by Samuel de Champlain -
First Africans arrive in Virginia
20 Africans brought on a Dutch Ship. -
First Women arrive in Jamestown
90 women were sent to Jamestown -
House of Burgesses established
On this date they met for the first time in a church in Jamestown -
Mayflower Compact
This compact plegded the Pilgrims loyalty to England -
Harvard COllege Funded
Established by puritans in Cambridge Massachusetts.