Social Events 1490-1800

By vteresa13
  • 1492

    Columbus

    finds a Caribbean island called Hispaniola
  • 1521

    Aztec

    Aztec Empire falls to Spain
  • 1528

    Alavar Nunez

    walks from Texas to Mexico

  • Colonies

    Jamestown is founded

  • Mayflower

    lands in Plymouth

  • Witch Trials begin

  • Witch Trials End

    20 dead

  • Smallpox

    Smallpox Outbreak in Boston

  • Bach

    performs St. Matthew's Passion

  • Handel

    performs Messiah

  • Ben Franklin

    key and kite experiment

  • Stamp Act

    colonists are angered that they are being taxed without representation

  • Boston Tea Party

    colonists throw tea into the Boston Harbor

  • American Revolution begins

    Fighting begins in Lexington and Concord

  • Revolution Ends

    British surrender to the Colonies

  • Mozart

    performs Don Giovanni

  • Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney receives patent for invention