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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus ¨ discovers" the New world for Spain
set sail with three small ships, the expedition sighted land on October 12th Watling island in the Bahamas went ashore the same day -
1519
Hernan Cortez defeats the Aztecs
invaded Mexico in 1519,Spanish conquistador, or conqueror, best remembered for conquering the Aztec empire in 1521 and claiming Mexico for Spain. -
Jamestown is founded
The Virginia Company of England made a daring proposition: sail to the new, mysterious land, which they called Virginia, They established Jamestown, Virginia, on May 14, 1607, the first permanent British settlement in North America. -
The “Starving Time” in Jamestown
the winter of 1609-1610, when food shortages, fractured leadership, and a siege by Powhatan Indian warriors killed two of every three colonists at James Fort. -
Plymouth is founded-
Plymouth Colony First colonial settlement in New England, settlers were a group of about 100 Puritan Separatist Pilgrims, who sailed on the Mayflower and settled on what is now Cape Cod bay, Massachusetts -
The Mayflower Compact is signed
signed on the English ship Mayflower on November 21 but November 11, is the old style, 1620, prior to its landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts -
1st Thanksgiving
The event that Americans commonly call the "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in October 1621,This feast lasted three days -
New Amsterdam becomes New York
New Amsterdam's name was changed to New York, in honor of the Duke of York, he colony of New Netherland was established by the Dutch West India Company in 1624 and grew to encompass all of present-day -
Navigation Acts
The Navigation Acts were a series of laws passed by the English Parliament to regulate shipping and maritime commerce The Acts increased colonial revenue by taxing the goods going to and from British colonies. -
Bacon’s Rebellion
an armed rebellion that took place 1676-1677 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. -
King Phillip’s War
also known as Metacom's War or the First Indian War, was an armed conflict between English colonists and the American Indians of New England in the 17th century. It was the Native-American's last major effort to drive the English colonists out of New England. it lasted from June 20th,1675 - April 12th, 1678 -
Salem Witchcraft Trials
a series of investigations and persecutions that caused 19 convicted “witches” to be hanged and many other suspects to be imprisoned in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (now Danvers, Massachusetts). -
Stono Rebellion
was a slave rebellion that began on 9 September 1739, in the colony of South Carolina. It was the largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies, with 25 colonists and 35 to 50 Africans killed. -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
Ben Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a proposal introduced by Benjamin Franklin during the Albany Congress in 1754. Franklin's plan called for the formation of a permanent federation of colonies, as a means to reform colonial-imperial relations, and to more effectively address shared colonial interests. -
Treaty of 1763
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. In the terms of the treaty, France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there -
Proclamation of 1763
proclamation declared by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War in North America, mainly intended to conciliate the Native Americans by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. -
The Stamp act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
England passes the Quartering Act
the British Parliament passed the Quartering Act, one of a series of measures primarily aimed at raising revenue from the British colonies in America. ... The act did require colonial governments to provide and pay for feeding and sheltering any troops stationed in their colony
