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Sep 6, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Columbus's adventures opened the door to a century of Spanish expeditions in the americas. -
Thomas Harriot
Published one of his writings called A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia -
Puritans
Puritans were a group of English Protestants who had sought to "purify" the Church of England and return to simpler way of worshiping. -
Enslaved Africans
The first enslaved africans arrive in North America at Jamestown. -
The Mayflower
The Mayflower pilgrims establish the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Plymouth. -
John Smith
Publishes The General History of Virginia -
John Winthrop
He wrote that "we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us." -
William ?Bradford
describes his journey across the Atlantic and pilgrims' settlement in Of Plymouth Plantation -
First School
North America's first public school is founded in Boston. -
Bay Psalm
This is the first book ever printed in America -
The Puritans
The Puritans' victory in King Phillip's War ends Native American resistance in New England colonies. -
Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather publishes The Wonders of the Invisible World in defense of the Salem witch trials. -
French and Indian War
When France allied with a number of Native American groups to drive the British out of North America -
Mary Rowlandson
She publishes The Sovereignty and Goodness of God, an account of her captivity at the hands of Algonquian Indians.
