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After leaving Palos, Spain on August 3, 1492, Columbus landed on a Carribean island he called Guanahani, which he renamed San Salvador. Columbus and his men were met by the local Taino Indians, which they captured and later sold to slavery. Columbus thought he was in India so he called the inhabitants of the island Indians.
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Columbus made a second expedition to the Carribean in search of gold and indian slaves. Healso spotted and named the island of Dominica on November 3, 1493.
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An agreement between Spain and Portugal that aimed at settling conflicts over lands explored by voyagers of the late 15th century. It let Spain claim land in present day U.S. and allowed Portugal to claim Brazil. This event encouraged many explorers, or "conquistadors", to start exploring the New World.
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Hernan Cortez and his men attack and capture the city of Tenochtitlan.
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Queen Elizabeth becomes the queen of England, which plays a major role in British exploration of the New World.
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Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth to start his journey of world circumnavigation.
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On this date the British deafeated the Spanish Army in a battle. This event marks the end of Spanish hopes of conquering the New World.
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King James I became the king of England on this date. This king did not favor the Virginia Company And the Virginia settlements.
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On this date the Pilgrims set sail from England to the New World.
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A group of puritans traveled from England to Salem in pursuit of religious freedom. Here is where the Massachusetts Bay Colony was formed.
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First written constitution adopted in America.The orders describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers.
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The Maryland Act of Toleration was passed on April 21, 1649. This act created the first limitations on hate speech in the world.
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Bacon and his army issued the "Declaration of the People of Virginia". This declaration listed the issues of Berkeley's administration in detail. This was the initiator in Bacon's Rebellion.
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Pueblos became tired of the Catholic Church taking over their land, so they rebelled against them and caused many deaths.
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Slaves gathered and set a building on fire on Maiden Lane near Broadway. White colonists tried to put out the fire, but the slaves attacked them, preventing any success.
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Jonathan Edwards gave his first harsh speech on religion, which began The Great Awakening, one the most important religious movements of the 18th century.
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Ended the French and Indian War. Marked the beginning of an extensive period of british dominance outside Europe.
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The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire and to stabilize relations with Native North Americans through regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier.
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The Paxton Boys broke in, killed, and mutilated six adults and eight children on December 27, 1763. The result was that just two members of the Conestoga tribe survived. This event also leads to the march of the Paxton Boys in January of 1764.
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The Sugar Act was passed to collect taxes from sugar out of the colonies to improve the British economy.
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The Quartering Act was passed so that Great Britain could house its soldiers in the American colonies.
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Also known as Boston riot. Led to the death of 5 American civilians. This event caused more tension between the colonists and Britain.
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This pamphlet told many reasons why England should not be ruling the colonists any more after so many years.
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The Declaration of Independence being signed was one of the main reasons of how the Revolutionary War started.
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Queen's College, now known as Rutgers University, was formed.
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The Articles were signed on this date, which provided America with a starting place in their yearn for a strong government.
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French and American troops surround Cornwallis and his army, forcing him to surrender.
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This was the treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War.
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Seperated the land west of the Appalachains from the eastern land.
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The Constitution is signed in the end of the Constitutional Convention.