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Jan 1, 900
Mayans
Maya civilization, pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica and northern Central America. Mayan languages, language family spoken in Mesoamerica and northern Central America. Yucatec Maya language, language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula and northern Belize. -
Jan 1, 1400
Prince Henry the Navigator
Infante Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu, better known as Henry the Navigator was an important figure in 15th-century Portuguese politics and in the early days of the Portuguese Empire. -
Jan 1, 1450
Hohokam
HOHOKAM is the name given by archaeologists to a prehistoric culture centered along the Salt, Gila, Verde, and Santa Cruz Rivers in the low, hot Sonoran desert of southern Arizona between approximately 300 b.c. and a.d. 1450. -
Jan 1, 1450
John Cabot
Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498) -
Jan 1, 1451
Amerigo Vespucci
1451–1512, Italian explorer after whom America was named -
Jan 1, 1460
Vasco Da Gama
Portuguese navigator: discovered the sea route from Portugal around the continent of Africa to India. -
Jan 1, 1466
Moctezuma
1466-1520, Aztec emperor of Mexico (?1502-20). He was overthrown and killed by the Spanish conquistador Cortés -
Jan 1, 1488
Bortolomeu Dias
In the year 1488, Bortolomeu Dias who was a portoguese explorer who traveled to the outermost tip of Africa. -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange refers to a period of cultural and biological exchanges between the New and Old Worlds. Exchanges of plants, animals, diseases and technology transformed European and Native American ways of life. -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus
In 1492, On August 3 Christopher Columbus discovered the United States Of America -
Jan 1, 1500
Conquistador
a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century. -
Jan 1, 1500
Separatist
relating to separatists or separatism. -
Apr 22, 1500
Pedro Alvares Cabral
In the year 1500, on April 22nd, Pedro Alvarez Cabral was the first European to discover Brazil. -
Jan 1, 1518
Hernan Cortés
Hernán Cortés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca, was a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain. -
Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Was the first European to cross the pacific ocean -
Jan 1, 1550
Powhatan
a member of an American Indian people of eastern Virginia. -
Jan 1, 1553
Charter
a written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power, by which an institution such as a company, college, or city is created and its rights and privileges defined. -
Jan 1, 1576
Northwest Passage
The Northwest Passage is a sea route connecting the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. -
Jan 1, 1580
John Smith
John Smith, Admiral of New England, was an English soldier, explorer, and author. He was knighted for his services to Sigismund Bathory, Prince of Transylvania, and his friend Mózes Székely -
Renaissance
The cultural rebirth that occurred in Europe from roughly the fourteenth through the middle of the seventeenth centuries, based on the rediscovery of the literature of Greece and Rome. -
Royal Colony
A Crown colony, also known in the 17th century as royal colony, was a type of colonial administration of the British overseas territories. Crown, or royal, colonies were ruled by a governor appointed by the monarch. -
Proprietary Colony
A proprietary colony was a type of British colony mostly in North America and the Caribbean in the 17th century. In the British Empire, all land belonged to the king, and it was his prerogative to divide. -
Puritans
a member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship. -
Joint stock Company
a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders -
Samuel De Champlain
Samuel de Champlain, "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608. -
House of Burgesses
the lower house of the colonial Virginia legislature. -
Pilgrims
a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons. -
Mayflower compact
The Mayflower Compact, signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower on November 11, 1620, was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. -
Lord Baltimore
Sir George and his son Cecil were British subjects rewarded with land in the new world. George was a Secretary of State to King James I. He was at first rewarded with a title to land in Newfoundland. He later asked James I's son, Charles I, for title to land north of Virginia that would become Maryland. This land was not signed over until after his death and was given to his son Cecil. The Calverts were Roman Catholic, a religion which most inhabitants of the New World were prejudiced against. -
Bacon's rebellion
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Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. -
James Edward Oglethorpe
James Edward Oglethorpe was a British general, Member of Parliament, philanthropist, and founder of the colony of Georgia. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's poor, especially those in debtors' prisons, in the New World -
Quebec
Québec is a predominantly French-speaking province in eastern Canada with 2 vibrant cities in its south, connected by the Chemin du Roy highway along the Saint Lawrence River. The metropolis Montréal is named after Mt. Royal, the triple-peaked hill at its heart. Dating to 1608, Québec City retains its old colonial core, Place Royale, and historic harbor, Vieux Port, now known for nightlife. -
Fort Sumter
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Anaconda Plan
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First Battle of Bull Run
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Second battle of bull run
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Battle of Antietam
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Fredericksburg battle
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battle of chancelorsville
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Battle of Vicksburg
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Battle of Shiloh
Important figure- Robert E Lee
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Gettysburgh Adress
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Sherman's march to the sea
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Battle of Atlanta
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Appomatox Court House
