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Period: Apr 20, 1491 to
History
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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus gets to new world
CHristopher Columbus arives in the new world being the first european to do so. This is important because this is the even that led to wesern expansion and exploring. -
Apr 23, 1542
De Soto finds missisipi river
The spanish conquistador found the missisipi river in 1542. This is important because the missisipi is one of the most important rivers in the USA and this was the first sighting of it. -
Roanoke founded
An english explorer dounfed the roanoke colony. It was the first colony on present day US soil. It eventualy was found deserted. This is important because it is the first settlement in the US. -
Roanoke colony found deserted
The colony was found deserted. This was important because it is the failure of the first attempt at settlement in the new world. -
Jamestown
Jamestown was the first succesful colony in the new world. It is significant because it bagan the settlement of the land that is later to become the USA. -
Slavery comes to Virginia
Slavery came to the Virginia colony and became a large part of the work force. This is important because slavery will be an issue in the new world for a very long time and is a huge migration of africans to the new world. -
Plyouth
The puritans landed in PLymouth massachsetss. This is important because it is the colony of thepuritans. They also eventually had thansgiving here. -
Colony of Rhode Island is founded
The colony of Rhode island was created by the english. It was one of the first 13 colonies and one of the first US states. This is important to Us history because it is one of the 13 colonies in the present day US placed by the british. -
Delaware colony Founded
The Deleware colony was founded in 1638. It is one of the orginal 13 colonies and alter became a state. This is important because it is one of the first english colonies in the new world. -
New Haven colony ofunded
The new haven colony was founded by the English in present day conneticut. This is important becuase it is another British settlement in the New world and present day us. -
Treaty of Paris Signed
The treaty of paris was signed giving the english land to the missispi after winning the french and indian war. It is important to american history because the restriciton on migrating to the new ofund land helped lead to the revolution. -
Royal proclamation of 1763
This proclamation restricted migration to the newly won land after the 7 eyears war. This is important to us history because it made itthe colonists upset and did not allow them to setlle west. -
Us becomes a nation
The Us defeated the british in the revolutionary war and became an independant nation. This is important to us history because it marks when the us became an independant nation. -
Northwest Ordinance passed
gave us land north west of present day ohio. Important because it further expanded the US. -
Southwest teritory created
The southwest territory was created in thenorth carolina wesern frontier lands. This is important because it is another territory to live in in the new united states. -
Louisiana purchase made
Thomas jefferson purchased the luisana territory from the french. This is important because it mroe than doubled the land controled byt he us. -
Slave trade ended
The slave trade in the US was officially ended. This is important because it stopped the shipment of slves from africa to the US. -
monroe doctrine
The monroe doctrine was passed which made the US the power house of the west. This is important because it made the US the best country in the west. -
Indian removal act
Indians in American soil were removed to reserations. This is important because it led to amass immigration of indians to reservations. -
Oregan trail came into use
The oregan trail began being used by settlers to migrate to the west. This is important because it is the trail used to get to the western part of the us and many migrated along it. -
Gold rush
Gold was found in CALifornia. This is important because many migrated west in hopes of striking rich. This is the cause of a massive migration to california.
