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Period: Dec 7, 1400 to Dec 7, 1492
Native American origin myths created pre-1492
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Aug 13, 1492
Columbus discovers Americas
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Dec 9, 1503
Mona Lisa completed
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Dec 9, 1508
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel finished
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Apr 2, 1513
Ponce de Leon lands in Florida
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Aug 15, 1521
Cortez conqueres Mexico for Spain
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Aug 15, 1533
Spanish conquer Incan Empire
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Sep 9, 1565
Spanish establish St. Augustine
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Roanoke disappers
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Hamelt written
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Jamestown founded by the English
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King James Bible finished
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Thirty Years War in Europe
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Seperatists land in American and found Plymouth Colony
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Massechusetts Bay Colony established
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Maryland founded
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"To My Dear and Loving Husband" written by Anne Bradstreet
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English Civil War
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Milton's "Paradise Lost" written
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Huswifery written by Edward Taylor
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Sir Richard's Almanac published
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
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French and Indian War
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Revolutionary War
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"Common Sense" Released
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Declaration of Independence
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"The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano"
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Nepoleonic Wars
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Star Spangled Banner written