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Logan's N.C. Timeline

By loganmarlow
  • 5400 BCE

    First marine organisms

    First marine organisms with hard parts such as clams, snails, and trilobites, appear in the fossil record.
  • 4200 BCE

    First major land plants

    First major land plants appear in the fossil record.
  • 1650 BCE

    First Dinosaurs

    First Dinosaurs appear in the fossil record.
  • 1200 BCE

    Asian Hunters Enter Americas 12000 B.C.

    They enter via a land bridge where the Bering Strait is now
  • 1000 BCE

    Paleo Indian period begins. 10000 B.C.

  • 650 BCE

    Extinction 65 million B.C.

    Dinosaurs become extinct.
  • 100

    Hopewell

    Hopewell, a mound-building culture of the Ohio Valley, spreads influence as far as Louisiana, Iowa, and New York.
  • Dec 24, 800

    Holocene Epoch Begins 8000 B.C.

  • Apr 16, 1000

    Mississippi THRIVES boi

    Mississippian culture develops in Eastern Woodlands.
  • May 14, 1100

    Largest ceremonial center of Mississippi

    Largest ceremonial center of Mississippian Mound Builders at Cahokia has 10000 inhabitants.
  • Sep 16, 1300

    Iroquois League formed

    Iroquois League formed in Northeast; Anasazi abandon pueblos in Southwest.
  • Oct 13, 1492

    Columbus "Discovers" America.

  • Dec 16, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas.

  • Feb 20, 1497

    John Cabot takes a "drive"

    He sails up the coast of Newfoundland for England.
  • Aug 10, 1497

    John's done drivin' for now

    John Cabot claims Newfoundland for England.
  • Aug 9, 1513

    JPDL

    Juan Ponce de Leon explores Florida for Spain.
  • Jun 17, 1517

    Protestant Reformation

    Protestant Reformation begins as Protestants break off from the Catholic Church.
  • Jan 18, 1521

    Hernando ain't playin'

    Hernando Cortez conquers Inca Empire for Spain.
  • Jun 17, 1533

    Francisco Pizarro conquers Inca Empire for Spain

    Yep.
  • Apr 17, 1535

    Jacques Cartier sails

    Carter sails down St. Lawrence River, claims land for France.
  • Sep 19, 1541

    Soto reaches Mississippi river for Spain.

  • Jun 3, 1562

    France gets ornery

    France challenges Spain for control of Florida.
  • Aug 21, 1577

    Sir Francis Drake raids Spanish ships.

    oh yeah
  • Oct 13, 1578

    Queen Elizabeth the 1st lays down some rules

    Queen Elizabeth 1 issues first charter for English colonization to Sir Humphrey Gilbert.

  • Gilbert leads expedition to Newfoundland.

    mr. krabs

  • Walter Raleigh takes up Gilbert's charter.

  • English won a battle guys!

    England defeats Spanish Armada, delaying White's relief expedition to North Carolina.

  • Sir Walter Raleigh is imprisoned.

  • Jamestown, Virginia, is founded.

  • First Africans brought to Virginia colony.

  • Pilgrims reach Massachusetts.

  • Happy Thanksgiving Pilgrims!

    Pilgrims and Native Americans celebrate the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth.

  • KIng Charles being generous

    King Charles grants Carolana to Sir Robert Heath.

  • Puritan settle Massachusetts Bay Colony

  • Roger Williams establishes Providence

    Roger Williams establishes Providence, Rhode Island. Thomas Hooker founds Hartford, Connecticut.

  • Anne Hutchinson settles in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

  • Settlers begin to arrive in Carolina.

  • Dutch Gives NA

    The Dutch surrender New Amsterdam to the English.

  • William Penn gets Charter

    Penn obtains charter form King Charles II to establish Pennsylvania.