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Jan 1, 600
Mayan civilization
the start of the mayan civilization used to live iin the country mexico -
Period: Jan 1, 600 to
colonail america
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Jan 1, 1000
Leif Ericson and vikings reach North America
viking discovered America first from Greenland -
Nov 27, 1095
Crusades
series of religious wars any of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to win the Holy Land from the Muslims ended in 1291 -
Nov 9, 1275
marco polo reaches china
1266 reached china
goes to china to get silk and other riches -
Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance
ends in 1600
•The period of this revival, roughly the 14th through the 16th century, marking the transition from medieval to modern times. -
Jan 1, 1325
Aztec civilization
they came upon an island in lake texcoco, today part of New Mexico organized their siotey around there religion -
Jan 1, 1492
Inca Civilization
the Inca civilization was the largest of the early empires the Inca's had a powerful army -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus Discovers America
Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas, he thought they landed in Asia Spain's king and queen funded for the trip -
Jan 1, 1494
Line of Demarcation
An imaginary line running down the middle of the Atlantic from the north pole to the south pole. Spain and portugal wanted to protect their claims, they turned turned to Pope Alexander the 6th for help. As result the two countries signed the Treaty of Tordesillas. -
Jan 1, 1565
St. August- First Permanent Spanish Settlement
St. August is located in Florida There was a ledgend of the fountain that could make a old man young called the fountain of youth -
Quebec Founded
Quebec is located in Canada Was first founded by France (Samuel De Champlain) -
First Africans arrive in Virginia
The Dutch ships brought the 20 Africans over to Virginia They worked as servents -
First Women arrive in Virgina
The Virgina company sent 90 women They were sent to make families -
House of Burgesses Established
The first legislature anywhere in the English colonies in America was in Virginia. First met at a church in Jamestown -
Mayflower Compact
Before going ashore the Pilgrams drew up a formal document called the Mayflower Compact. The Mayflower Compact was a necessary step in America -
Harvard College founded
The college was located Massachusetts It was founded by John Harvard -
Act of Toleration passes in Maryland
To protect the Catholics from any attempt to make Maryland a protestant colony, Baltimore passed a law called the Act of Toleration. The Act granted Prostestants and Catholics the right to worship freely, but the tensions continued between Protestants and Catholics. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an uprising in the early history of the colony of Virginia. The colonial goverment created a militia force to control the Native Americans and opened up more land to settle.