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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus's First Voyage
Christopher Columbus sets sail in the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria. On October 12, 1492 he reached present day Cuba which is in the Caribbean Sea. He thought he was in the Indies. -
Jan 1, 1498
Northern Voyages
In 1498 John Cabot, a famous Italian explorer, sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, and explored the region around Newfoundland. His boat ended up disappearing and was never found. -
Jan 1, 1510
Balboa's Travels
Vasco Nunez de Balboa explored the Caribbean Coast called Panama, he was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. -
Jan 1, 1513
Florida
Juan Ponce de Leon was the first European to set foot in Florida. -
Jan 1, 1519
Circumnavigate
Ferdinand Magellan set out to find the Atlantic - Pacific passage, he was then the first person to circumnavigate the world. He then sadly died while exploring the Philipines. -
Nov 8, 1519
Cortes
Herando Cortes sailed to Cuba and later sailed from Cuba to Mexico in search of gold, and then took over the civilization of the Aztecs after being drove out in the first place. -
Jan 1, 1539
Southeastern America
In 1539, de Soto sailed to North America and explored the Southeastern region. He later was killed by Native Americans. -
Jan 1, 1558
Queen of England
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England. -
New Mexico
Juan de Onate led an exploration into New Mexico. He aimed to find gold, convert Native Amaericans to Christianlity, and establish a permanant settlement. He never found gold but established Spain's first permanant settlement. The settlement was called Santa Fe. -
Four Voyages
Henry Hudson made his four voyage. -
St. Lawerence Settlement
In 1608 Samuel de Champlain established a settlement in the St. Lawerence River Valley right by the St. Lawerence River. -
Dutch Company
Dutch Company established Permanant colony and called it New Netherlands. -
House of Burgesses
In 1619 the House of Burgesses was established. The House of Burgesses was Virginia's law making body. Virginia had a representative government. A representative government is the form of government in which voters elect people to make laws for them. -
Massachusetts
The House of Burgesses became the first legislature in British North America. Massachusetts colonlists also set up a legislature called General Court in 1629. -
Companies
In 1630, the Massachusetts Bay Company was established. -
Schools
Massachusetts required large towns to have public schools. -
Act of Toleration
In 1649 Lord Baltimore helped pass the Act of Toleration which was to help the Catholics -
Carolina
King Charles II granted a charter to establish a colony which was called Carolina. -
Revolt
In 1663, in Gloucester, Virginia the first serious revolt took place. This revolt led to other revolts. -
Great Lakes
Jacques Marquette founded two missions along the Great Lakes. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon became the leader of the frontier settlers. In 1675 he organized a force of 1,000 westerners and began attacking and killing Native Americans. The men were then known as rebels. -
Bill of Rights
In 1689, King William and Queen Mary signed the English Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is a written list of freedoms that a government promises of protect. -
Freedom of the Press
A notable court case in 1735 helped establish another important right we still have today, "Freedom of the Press." It was the right of journalists to publish the truth without restriction or penalty. -
Missions
Junipero Serra's first mission was just north of today's border of Mexican-American border, evantually it became the city of San Diego. He later founded other cities around such as San Francisco and Los Angeles.
