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1000 BCE
Vikings land in North America
Viking Lef Erikson landed in Vinland of the coast of North America around five centuries before Christopher Columbus -
Sep 28, 1066
William of Normandy conquers England
William the duke of normandy invades England claiming this right to the throne -
Jun 15, 1215
The Magna Carta
A list of 63 clauses to limited John's power. It was the first time that royalty fell subject to the law -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus discovers America
Christopher Colombus led the three ships The nina, pinta, and the santa maria to try to find a new route to Asia -
Aug 6, 1497
John Cabot explores North America
obtained letters from king Henry to sail to America for discovery and in 1497 he sail to the mainland of North America -
Oct 31, 1517
Protestant Reformation
16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe -
Jamestown
104 English men and boys sailed to North America to start a settlement -
House of Burgesses
first assembly in the colonies that helped bring order -
pilgrams come on the mayflower
Pilgrams departed from Plymouth and landed at cape cod -
Puritan Migration
Puritans came to america to escape religious persecution -
Period: to
The enlightenment
A European moment that focus on logic and reason rather than tradition -
Bacon's Rebellion
an armed rebellion against the rule of William Berkeley -
The great awakening
an evangelical and revitalization movement that swept Protestant Europe and British America -
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French and Indian War
a seven year war between the native americans and the French over control of North America -
Treaty of Paris 1763
ended the french and indian war -
Proclamation of 1763
Following the French Indian war King George made a line that all settlements must be -
Stamp Act
tax on the colonies that taxed all newspapers and printed documents -
Townshend act
a series of acts passed by charmless Townshend on the colonies -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others -
Boston Tea party
American colonies dressed as Native americans threw tea from the east india tea company into the Boston harbor -
First Continental congress
meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies -
Second Continental congress
convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775 -
Declaration of Independence
states the reasons that the colonies fought for freedom from the British -
Salutary Neglect
a long term unofficial policy to keep the colonies loyal to the British