Early National and Colonial Era

By deas_44
  • 1492

    Columbus "discovers" the americas

    Columbus stumbles upon a continent and mistakes it for India. Hence, we call the natives "Indians."
  • Period: 1492 to

    Exploration by Conquistadors

  • Period: 1492 to

    Columbian Exchange

  • Jamestown is founded by John Smith

  • The Mayflower arrives in Massachusetts

  • Pocahontas Marries John Rolfe

  • Powhatan Uprising

  • Harvard College is Established

  • First Native Reservations Established

  • King Phillip's War

  • Pueblo Revolt

  • Freedom of Conscience

  • Period: to

    French And Indian Wars

  • Great Migration

    Migration of many native tribes to the Great Plains

  • Iroquois Confederacy is Established

  • The last of the 13 Colonies (Georgia) is established

  • Peter Zinger Trial

  • First Great Awakening

  • Period: to

    Many Acts Restricting Colonists are Signed

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Declaration of Independence is signed

  • Cotton Gin is Created

  • Judicial Review is Established

  • American Colonization Society Founded