Exploration

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus
    Discovered Bahamas
  • Jun 24, 1497

    John Cabot

    John Cabot
    Discoverd Newfoundland
  • Apr 2, 1513

    Juan Ponce de Leon

    Juan Ponce de Leon
    Discovers Florida
  • Dec 16, 1513

    Vasco Núñez de Balboa

    Vasco Núñez de Balboa
    First European to sea Pacific Ocean
  • Aug 13, 1519

    Hernan Cortez

    Hernan Cortez
    Conquore Aztecs
  • Apr 17, 1524

    Giovanni da Verrazzano

    Giovanni da Verrazzano
    Finds the Bay of New York
  • Jul 16, 1540

    Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

    Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
    Leads a group of conquistadors to the Grand Canyon
  • May 8, 1541

    Hernndo de Soto

    Hernndo de Soto
    Discovers Mississippi River
  • Sep 16, 1565

    St. Augustine

    St. Augustine
    Spanish establish a fort at St. Augustine in Florida
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    Establishment of the English settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company of London
  • Quebec

    Quebec
    French explorer Samuel de Champlain established the settlement of Quebec in Canada
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson
    Sails up the Hudson River
  • Santa Fe

    Santa Fe
    Don Pedro de Peralta founded the city of Santa Fe
  • William Baffin

    William Baffin
    Explored the inlets of Baffin Bay
  • Plymouth

    Plymouth
    English Puritans establish Plymouth in Massachusetts
  • New Amsterdam

    New Amsterdam
    New Amsterdam is created as a trading post for the Dutch West India Company
  • Boston

    Boston
    Massachusetts Bay Colony established at Boston by John Winthrop
  • Fort Christina

    Fort Christina
    Fort Christina established the Swedes with the help of Peter Minuit
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    The French had a little help from the Indians as they fought against the English.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    The british put tax on molasses.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The British put a law that every peice paper had to have a stamp if they couyld sell it, so they could make more money.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    The British banned goods from other countries for the colonistws
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    A kid throws a snow ball at a red coat, a crowd gathers and starts insulting the redcoats, they started to fire.
  • Committee of Correspondence

    Committee of Correspondence
    The men who signed the declaration of independence
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Colonists dressed as Indians and scarred the workers off of he British boats and dumped the tea into the sea because thet didn't want to be taxed on the tea
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    The British banned town meetings and other important things to the colonists. This was because of the bad things the colonists were doing.
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    First Continental Congress

    Helped to prepare for war.
  • Lexinton and Concord

    Lexinton and Concord
    Paul Revere rode to Lexington and Concord but on the way he was captured by the British.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress
    A convention of delacetes in the thirteen colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, soon after warfare began.
  • Fort Ticonderoga

    Fort Ticonderoga
    The British surrendered to the patriots without much of a fight as the Americans captured Fort Ticonderoga.
  • Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill
    A battle at Bunker Hill that the British won but suuffered a great loss in men.
  • Olive branch petition

    Olive branch petition
    A document that the Olive Branch wrote
  • Olive Branch Petition Reject

    Olive Branch Petition Reject
    The Petition was rejected by King George.
  • Quebec

    Quebec
    The battle of Quebec was a war that ended in a British victory. They killed the Patriots general
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense
    The Common Sense Documnt is written and published by Thomas Paine.
  • Declaration of Independence.

    Declaration of Independence.
    A document is written by Thomas Jefferson about the equals of the people in the colonies.
  • New York

    A state in America Where the Thirteen coloniess are.
  • Trenton

    Trenton
    A town that held a battle that ended in a victory for the Patriots.
  • Brandywine

    Brandywine
    A town that held a battle that ended in a British Victory.
  • Surrender at Saratoga

    The British surrenderd to the Patriots at the battle of Saratoga.
  • Surrender at Saratoga

    Surrender at Saratoga
    The British ws surrounded and surrendered.
  • Winter of Valey Forge

    Winter of Valey Forge
    It was a rough winter for the Patriots and they lost many men on the way due to the cold weather.
  • France becomes allys with America

    France becomes allys with America
    The Patriots made the British surrender and the French had no choice but to become allys with the Patriots.
  • Spain Joins the Fight

    Spain Joins the Fight
    Spain joines the war of the Americans and British.
  • surrender at charelston

    surrender at charelston
    The Patriots surrender and lose many men to the British
  • Camden

    Camden
    A war in the town of camden that ended in a loss for the Patriots
  • Cowpens

    Cowpens
    A battle was fought at Cowpens and ended in defeat for the British
  • Guilfurd Court House

    Guilfurd Court House
    A battle of Guilfurd Court House where the Patriots outnumbered the British. The British won but sufferred a great loss in men, the Patriots didn'.
  • surrender at York town

    surrender at York town
    Yorktown was the last major battle in the Revolutionary war.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    The americans created a treaty of paris to help them be allies.
  • US Constitution signed

    US Constitution signed
    America became a country.