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Sep 6, 1492
Columbus's voyages to the Americas
He went on a total of 4 voyages to the Americas.
He was the biggest reason for European awareness of the Americas. -
"A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia", by Thomas Harriet was published
This briefe showed Thomas Harriet's accounts of the Native Americans and the natural aspects of North America. -
Jamestown Established
First permanent settlement in colony in North America -
Bay Psalm Book
1st book issued in the North American colonies -
"The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America" by Anne Bradstreet
1st work by a North American woman to be published -
Salem witch trials
200 accused
20 executed -
French and Indian War begins
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End of French and Indian war
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Revolutionary war begins
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second Virginia Convention
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End of Revolutionary War
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U.S. Constitution is approved
