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Jan 1, 1001
The Vikings Arrive In America
The Vikings are people who came from Scandinavia and first arrived in America. Leif Ericsson and 35 other Vikings explored the coast of Labrador ans stayed the winter in Newfoundland. -
Jan 1, 1400
Ptolemy books are rediscovered
Europeans redisovered his books -
Aug 1, 1492
Columbus First Landing
Columbus and his three ships left Spain in August 1492. They landed in Bahamas which is called Watling Islands today. -
Nov 1, 1493
Columbus Second Voyage
Columbus left for his second voyage with 17 ships and 1200 colonists. He landed in Hispaniola. -
Jan 1, 1497
England Takes Interest In America
In 1497, the king of england sent John Cabot to find a western route to Asia. -
May 1, 1498
Columbus Third Voyage
Columbus split his fleet of six ships, three would make for Hispaniola immediately to bring desperately needed supplies, while the other three would aim for points south of the already explored Caribbean to search for more land and perhaps even the route to the orient that Columbus still believed to be there. -
Jan 1, 1511
The Spanish Encounter the Aztec
Spanish troops, led by Diego Velazquez, conquered Cuba. -
Jan 1, 1513
Juan Ponce de Leon
Juan Ponce de Leon, the spanish governor of Puerto Rico, discovered Flordia in 1513. -
Jan 1, 1520
The Reformation Divides Europe
Luther was expelled from the Catholic Church, but his ideas continued to spread rapidly across western Europe. -
Jan 1, 1524
The French Empire in America
The French King sent Giovanni da Verrazano to map the North American coastline. -
Jan 1, 1527
King Henry
King Henry VIII asked the Pope to annul his marriage. -
Jan 1, 1550
Economic Changes in England
England was producing mare wool than Europeans would buy, and the price fell. -
New France Is Founded
Fur-particularly beaver fur-had become very fashionable in Europe. -
James Is Founded
England granted the Virginia Company permission to establish colonies in Virginia. -
The Pilgrims Land at Plymouth
To escape this persecution one group of Separatist fled to Holland in 1608. -
Henry Hudson
In 1609 the Dutch East India Company hired an English navigator named Henry to find a route through North America to the Pacific. -
Virginia Company
In 1614 the Virginia Company had hired Captain John Smith to explore the region. -
The Mayflower Arrives In America
In September 1620, 102 passengers set off on the journey across the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower.The trip took 65 days. -
A City on a Hill
The company (Massachusetts Bay Company) had already received a royal charter to create a colony in New England. -
Roger Williams Founds Providence
A young minister named Roger Williams arrived in Boston. -
Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration Act is the act granting religious toleration to all Christians in Maryland and was intended to protect the Catholic minority from the Protestants. -
Bacon Rebellion
Sir William Berkley, governor of Virginia dominate Virginia's society. -
Charles II
Charles II assumed the throne. He and his advisers were determined to generate wealth for Egland by regulating trade and expanding the colonies in America. -
New France Expands
France's king Louis XIV seized control to new France and made it a royal colony. -
Staple Act
Parliament passed another navigation act called Staple Act. The act required everything the colonies imported to come through England. -
New Netherland
King Charles decided that the time had come to seize New Netherland. -
The Holy Experiments
William Penn became involved in Quaker attempts to create a colony in the 1670. -
War
War erupted between the backcounty settles and Native Americans. -
Problems With Enforcement
In 1675 King Charles II appointed a committee called the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations to oversee colonial trade and advice him about problems. -
James II
James II succeeded his brother Charles to the English throne. -
Revolution
Parliament read the English Bill of Rights to William and Mary, outlining what would be required of them. -
The Georgia Experiment
General James Oglethorpe, a wealthy member of Parliaments, was appalled to find that many people in England were in prison simply because they could not pay their debts. -
The Wheat Boom
Between 1720 and 1770, wheat prices more than doubled in the colonies. -
Jonathan Edwards
A Massachusetts preacher and philosopher named Jonathan Edwards aimed to restore New Englands spiritual intensity after experiencing his own conversion. -
Attack
75 Africans gathered near the Stono River, attacked their white overseers, stole their guns, and raced south toward Florida, attacking whites as they traveled. -
The Great Awakening
The Great Awakening began in earnest when the Anglican minister George Whitefield arrived in Philadelphia in 1739. -
Baron Montesquieu
Enlightenment writer Baron published his work Spirit of the Laws in 1748. -
Society
By 1760 Philadelphia had over 23,000 people, making it the largest colonial city. -
The Spanish Settle the Southwest
Spanish missionaries led by the Franciscan priest Junipero Serra took control of Calfornia by establishing a chain of missions from San Diego to San Francisco. -
German Immigrants Arrive in Pennsylvania
By 1775, more than100,000 Germans had arrived in the colony, where they made up about one-third of the population. -
Slavery in the Colonies
Btween 10 and 12 million Africans were transported on the jouney know as the Middle Passage.
