American Beginnings

By Mmjunkin
  • Christopher Columbus
    Oct 7, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus lands on an island in the Bahamas
  • Protestant Reformantion begins in Germany
    Oct 7, 1517

    Protestant Reformantion begins in Germany

  • Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca lands in Florida
    Oct 7, 1528

    Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca lands in Florida

    15-28-1536
    Alvar nunez Cabeza de Vaca lands in Florida and spends the next eight years walking through Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona
  • Settlement founded at Jamestown, Virginia

    Settlement founded at Jamestown, Virginia

  • Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth

    Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth

  • Great Migration of Puritans to New England Begins

    Great Migration of Puritans to New England Begins

  • William Bradford

    William Bradford

    1630-1647
    William Bradford writes Of Plymouth Plantation
  • Anne Bradstreet published in England

    Anne Bradstreet published in England

    The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America is published in England.
  • King Phillip's War (Metacomet's War) Begins

    King Phillip's War (Metacomet's War) Begins

  • Mary Rowlandson's captivity narrative is published

    Mary Rowlandson's captivity narrative is published

  • Slavery

    Slavery

    By 1690 slavery existed in all English colonies in North America
  • The Great Awakening

    The Great Awakening

    1740-1745
    The Great Awakening begins and is spread by a traveling English preacher.
  • Jonathan Edwards

    Jonathan Edwards

    Jonathon Edwards delivers his sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
  • Stamp Act Congress

    Stamp Act Congress

    American colonists protest direct tax from the British, the British repeal this tax in 1766
  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin begins to write his Autobiography.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • Patrick Henry

    Patrick Henry

    Patrick Henry delivers a speech at the Virginia Convention demanding libery from British rule
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    First shots of American Revolution Revolution are fired..."Shot heard around the world"
  • Second Continental Congress adopts Declaration of Independence

    Second Continental Congress adopts Declaration of Independence