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Jul 14, 1095
Crusades
The Cruades were religious wars fought by people seeking religious freedom . There were six crusades and for the most part all of them were fails , and didn't change anything important . -
Oct 1, 1347
Black Death / Plauge
The Black Death arrived in Europe by 1347 . The disease was acrried by fleas that had the infection , that were carried on rats who bit humans and caused them to have it . The Black Death was very contagious . In 1347 , there wasn't a cure for it either , so many people died from having this disease . -
Feb 3, 1488
Dias Voyage
Dias was a Portoguese explorer named Bartolomeu Dias . He led the first expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488. During the voyage they used two ships .They landed 300 miles east of present day The Cape Of Good Hope . -
May 1, 1492
Columbus Voyage
The famous Christopher Columbus was an italian artist and he believed you said west to reach the east . He had 3 ships which King Fernidad and Queen Isabella gave him so he could go on his voyage . Even though he never landed in the US he did make it to the Carrabiean -
Jun 11, 1509
King Henry VII's First Marriage
King Henry's first wife was Cathrine of Aragon , she was the first of six wifes in Henry's lifetime . However , Cathrine could'nt provide Henry with a male heir , so he went againts the church , and made his own religion just to get a divorce from Cathrine . -
Mar 6, 1513
Ponce De Leon Explores Flordia
Juan Ponce De Leon was the first spanish explorer to arrive in Flordia . He was in search of new lands and new treasures . In March 1513 , his ships landed on Flordias east coast . He claimed landed & continued on his voyage . He then claims more land for Spain . -
May 6, 1517
Martin Kuther becomes a monk
Martin Luther begins to question the teachings of the church , he then decides to become a monk to change things . -
Oct 31, 1517
Posting of the 95 theses
On October 31 , 1517 Martin Luther , a former monk posted the 95 theses on the universitys chapel door. The 95 theses were a list of 95 things Martin Luther found wrong with the church and it's religious beliefs . -
May 8, 1521
Martin Luther Is Excommunticated
In May of 1521 Martin Luther is officaly excommunicated for rebeling against the chruch and also for rebeling againts the king . The king asked Martin Luther to remove the 95 theses but he removed , and burned the kings letter , so he was excommunicated . -
May 1, 1532
King Henry Est. Anglican Church.
In 1532 , The Anglican church was established . It was formed by King Henry . He formed the church in oreder to be able to divorce his first wife . The pope who was in control of the church's wouldnt let him so he removed England from the Catholic Church . He was now in charge of the church and the country . -
May 6, 1540
Cornando Explore Grand Canyon
Cornando explores the southwester us : He was looking for the seven cities of Cibola . He believed to be the first European to even see the Grand Canyon . -
May 6, 1541
De Sota explores Missisippi River
The spanish explore , De Sota was the first European to set foot in Mississippi . He then discovered the Mississippi river in 1541 . THe french explorers descended the Mississippi river in 1541 . -
Jamestown Est.
In 1607 , King James I gave 144 men permission to start a colony in Virginia . It was names Jamestown in honor of him . However it doesnt go so well . The land is very swampy and not good . In 1608 , 200 more colonists arrive and by 1609 only 53 people remain It was the very first colony . -
Massachusetts Est.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the original english settlments in present day masachusetts settled in 1630 by a group of 1,000 refugees from England under Govener John Winthrop . Massachusetts explored many different goods like fish , pumpkin , livestock , ships , etc. -
Cardinas Est
In 1663 , Carolina colony was established . The provence of Carolina was an english and later a British colony of North America. They also soldi native americans to carrabiean as slaves . -
New York Est.
In 1664 , King Charles from England claimed New Netherlands as his own. He named it for his brither , Duke of York . In 1702 New Jersey split from New York . This waortant because it was a big deal that New Jersey split from New York -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was fought between France and England . They both wanted control over the Ohio river valley . The Ohio rivervalley was already claimed by Indian Tribes and none were willing to give them the land . The war lasted from 1754- 1763 -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ends the war . The war had 4 sides involved . For France , the treaty lost all of their holdings in North America . They got to keep sugar producing . England has now become the most powerful country due to all the land they control . -
Gaspee Affair
The British ship Gaspee patrolled the coast for smugglers . The captinand crew searched many ships without warrants . In 1772 , New England colonists boarded the ships and burned it . The colonial suspects were taken to stand trial . -
Boston Tea Party
The tea tax of 1773 required the colonists to only buy British East India Company Tea and then placed tax on tea . On December 16, 1773 the sons of liberty dumped the British East India into the Boston Harbour . -
Battle Of Lexington Concord
Concord had a militia supply and the british wanted to take the suplies before the colonsists could get them . On April 8 , 1775 the British troops began to move from Boston to Concord , on April 19 , 1775 , the British arrived in Lexington . There was 8 colonists killed . All military supplis were moved from the depot . This is the first battle of the American Revolution . -
1st Continental Congress
The first Continetal congress began Sept. 5 , 1775 . It was held in Philidelphia . There was 55 delegates from 12 colonies , excluding Georgia and it was written to declare loyalty to the king but coclemned the corcive acts . They agreed they would meet again in 1 year. -
Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson removed all the indians from his land because he was racist towards the indians . Jackson was the president . He made all the indianas walk . -
California Gold Rush
The gold rush began with a man building a sawmill and finding gold . Word the got around and everyone travled to California in search of gold . By 1850 , gold was very had to find , so everyone left . -
Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail stretched from Missouri to Oregon and was a 2,000 mile rail . Most of the pioneers had wagons but it was for supplies . Most of them had to walk . It was challenging crossing mountains and rivers . -
Trail Of Tears
When the indians were getting removed . They had to walk to Oklahoma . It was called the trail of tears because most of the indians died on this trail .
