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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus’ 1st voyage
Columbus set sail from Spain. He found an all water route to Asia. But, 2 months later landed on an island in the Bahama's. -
The year Jamestown was settled
In Virginia on May 14, 1607 Jamestown was settled. It was the first permanent British settlement in North America. -
End of the French and Indian war
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
The Declaration of Independence
When the Declaration of Independence was signed.