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Period: 1420 to
COLONIAL AND EARLY NATIONAL PERIOD
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1492
1492
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS LANDS IN THE BAHAMAS -
1513
1513
JUAN PONCE DE LEON LANDS ON THE FLORIDA PENINSULA -
1515
1515
VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA MAKES IT TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN -
1540
1540
FRANCISCO VAZQUEZ DE CORONADO REACHES THE SOUTHWEST -
1565
1565
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA: FOUNDED BY PEDRO MENENDEZ AND WAS THE FIRST PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN THE US -
1586
ENGLISH COLONY ON ROANOKE ISLAND DISAPEARES; IT IS KNOWN AS THE LOST COLONY -
1590
IROQOIS CONFEDERACY DECIDED TO STOP WARFARE AMONG THE FIVE NATIONS -
1607
JAMESTOWN, VIRIGINA IS THE FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH SETTLEMENT -
1608
CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH WRITES A TRUE RELATION OF VIRIGINA -
1620
PILGRIMS LAND AT PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS -
1620
MAYFLOWER COMPACT -
1636
HARVARD COLLEGE IS FOUNDED IN MASSACHUSETTS -
1639
THE FIRST PRINTING PRESS IN ENGLISH SPEAKING AMERICA ARRIVES IN MASSACHUSETTS -
1640
BAY PSALM BOOK IS PUBLISHED; FIRST BOOK PRINITED IN THE COLONIES -
1647
FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ESTABLISHED IN MASSACHUSETTS -
1650
PUBLICATION IN LONDON OF ANNE BRADSTREET'S THE TENTH MUSE -
1675
KING PHILIP BEGINS RAIDING NEW ENGLAND FRONTIER TOWNS -
1692
SALEM WITCH TRIALS RESULT IN THE EXECUTION OF TWENTY PEOPLE -
1735
JOHN PETER ZENGER ACQUITTED OF LIBEL, FURTHERING FREEDOM OF THE PRESS -
1741
GREAT AWAKENING A SERIES OF REVIVALS IN THE COLONIES -
1754
THE START OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR -
1775-1781
AMERICAN REVOLUTION -
1776
DECLERATION OF INDEPENDENCE -
1787
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION MEETS IN PHILADELPHIA TO DRAFT CONSTITUTION -
1804
LEWIS AND CLARK BEGIN EXPLORING THE WEST -
1820
THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE BANS SLAVERY IN PARTS OF NEW TERRITORY -
Period: to
THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
