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1492
Christopher Columbus
This event is the second most important event because if Columbus hadn't accidentally found the New World, then the land there wouldn't have been claimed -
1521
Aztecs conquered
Cortes and his Indian allies captured and demolished Tenochtitlan. This event was the eighth most important because, without the conquering of the Aztecs, the Spanish's empire wouldn't have expanded -
Jamestown
Jamestown was the first permanent colony in America. It faced many hardships but turned out okay in the end -
House of Burgesse
The elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia. -
Plymouth
An English colonial venture in America at a location that had previously been surveyed and named by John Smith. -
Mayflower Compact
The first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the Mayflower, consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen -
New Sweden
a Swedish colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in America from 1638 to 1655, established during the Thirty Years' War when Sweden was a great military power. -
Fundamental Orders
The orders describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers. It has the features of a written constitution and is considered by some as the first written constitution in the Western tradition. -
King Philip's War
An armed conflict in 1675–1678 between Indigenous inhabitants of New England and New England colonists and their Native American allies. -
Charles II dies
Charles II dies so his brother James becomes the new king of England in his place.
