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12,000 BCE
Native American cultures flourish: roughly 6 major cultural areas
The Northwest Coast area: Pacific coast from S alaska to N California. The Plains Area: N of the Canadian border S to Texas. The Plateau Area: Canadian border through the plateau and mountain area of the Rocky Mts. & included California. The Eastern Woodlands area: eastern part of the United States, the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River. The Northern Area: Canada, and land from the Rocky Mts. to Hudson Bay. The Southwest area: Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Colorado and Utah. -
Period: 12,000 BCE to
"Beginnings to 1607"
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776 BCE
Olympics timeline:
776BC: Ancient Greece: games originally consisted only of foot races, gradually adding other events like wrestling and pentathalon.
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394
Olympic Timeline:
(AD 391-94): the Roman Emperor Theodosius I abolishes the Games, as part of a series of reforms against pagan practices.
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1215
Magna Carta
A document adopted in England, which guaranteed liberties to the English people, proclaiming basic rights and procedures, which later became the foundation for modern democracy.
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1492
Christopher Columbus lands in American
Columbus went on 4 different voyages, all the while being funded by Spain. His first voyage is when he thought he landed in the Indies, but really it was American (today).
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1497
John Cabot from England explores the Atlantic coast of Canada
He claimed the area for the English King Henry VII. Cabot is the first of many European explorers to seek a Northwest passage to Asia.
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1499
Italian navigator, Amerigo Vespucci
He sighted the coast of South America during the voyage to discover Spain. In 1507, America was named after him.
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1517
Martin Luther launches the Protestant Reformation in Europe
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1519
Aztec Empire conquered
Aztec Empire is conquered by Hernado Cortes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P_euomdHOU
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1519
Ferdinand Magellan(1519-1522)
First person to sail around the world. -
1524
Giovanni da Verrazano
Verrazano was sponsored by France to sail. He sailed north and discovered the Hudson River. -
1534
Jacques Cartier
Cartier sails from France to explore the New World. -
1541
Hernando de Soto of Spain
He discovers Spain. -
1565
Immigration milestones:
1565: Saint Augustine, Florida settled by the Spanish-1st permanent European colony in North America
1598: Spanish immigrants settle in what is now New Mexico -
1577
Sir Francis Drake
Drake sets sail from Plymouth to return to England.
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First expedition: Roanoke Island
led by Sir Walter Raleigh, arrives at Roanoke Island -
First English settlement: Roanoke Colony
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Defeat of Spanish Armada
Defeated by the English results in Great Britain replacing Spain as the world power and lead to a gradual decline of Spanish Influence in the New World and widening of English imperial interests. -
London Company expedition
Sponsors a colonizing expedition to Virginia -
Captain John Smith is captured by the Powhatans
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Jamestown Settlement
1st permanent English settlement (with about 104 men and boys) in North America. Established by London company in southeast Virginia. Settlement was named after their king, James I. This place was picked because it was easy to defend, a good parking spot for their ships and boats, and it was not inhabited by the Native population.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssS6UoBoiuc
