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30,000 BCE
First humans cross to America from Asia
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30,000 BCE
(S) First humans cross from Asia to America
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5000 BCE
(S) Corn is developed
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4000 BCE
(S) First civilized settlements in Middle East
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1200 BCE
(S) Planting corn expands to the Southwest of America
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1000
(S) Norse voyagers discover and temporarily settle in Northeastern America
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1000
(S) Corn reaches Midwest and Southeast
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1100
(S) Missippi settlement peaks
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1100
(S) Christian crusades arouse European interest in the east
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1295
(S) Marco polo returns to Europe
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1442
(E) Large-Scale slave-labor system established in English West Indies
1440's -
1470
(S) Spain becomes united
late 1400's -
1488
(S) Dias rounds southern tip of Africa
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1492
(S) Columbus lands in Bahamas
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1494
(S) Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugual
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1498
(S) Da Gama reaches India
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1498
(S) Cabot explores northeastern coast of North America
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1513
(S) Balboa claims all land touched by Pacific Ocean for Spain
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1513
(S) Ponce de Leon explores Florida
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1519
(S) Cortes conquers Mexico for Spain
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1522
(S) Megellan vessel completes circumnavigation of the world
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1524
(S) Verzartio explores eastern of North America
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1532
(S) Pizarro destroys Incas
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1534
(S) Cartier journeys up the St Lawrence River
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1539
(S) De Soto discovers Mississippi River
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1540
(S) Coronado explores Southwest
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1542
(S) Cabrillo explores California coast for Spain
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1558
(E) Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
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1565
(S) Spanish build St. Augustine Fortress
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1565
(E) English crushes uprising of Irish
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1570
(S) Iroguois Confederacy founded
late 1500's -
1577
(E) Drake circumnavigates the globe
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(E) Raleigh founds "lost colony" at Roanoke Island
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(E) England defeats Spanish Armada
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(S) Spanish conquest Pueblo peoples of Rio Grande Valley
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(E) James I becomes king of England
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(E) Spain and England sign peace treaty
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(E) Virginia colony founded at Jamestown
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(S) Spanish found New Mexico
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(E) Rolfe perfects tobacco culture in Virginia
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(E) First Anglo-Powhatan War ends
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(E) First Africans arrive in Jamestown
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(E) Virginia House of Burgesses established
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(E) Virginia becomes royal colony
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(E) Maryland colony founded
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(E) Second Anglo-Powhatan War
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(E) Act of Toleration in Maryland
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(E) Charles I beheaded
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(E) Cromwell rules England
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(E) Charles II restored to English Throne
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(E) Barbados slave code adopted
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(E) Carolina colony created
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(S) Pope's Rebellion in New Mexico
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(S) French expedition down Mississippi River
1680's -
(E) Tuscarora War in North Carolina
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(E) Yamasee War in South Carolina
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(E) Georgia colony founded
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(S) Serra founds first California mission at San Diego