APUSH Period 1-2

By Connor Gehan
  • Aug 31, 1430

    1430

    Portuguese start voyages down the west coast of Africa

  • 1622

    Indian attacks in Virginia end hopes of becoming a bi-racial society

  • 1492

    Columbus arrives in Western Hemisphere

  • 1612

    Tobacco made a profitable crop by John Rolfe

  • 1509-1547

    Henry VII rules England
    Protestant reformation begins in England

  • 1619

    First group of blacks brought to Virginia
    First legislative assembly meets in Virginia

  • 1607

    Jamestown founded

  • 1620

    First Pilgrims in Plymouth

  • 1629

    Great Puritan migration to Massachusetts Bay

  • 1636

    Harvard founded

  • 1676

    Bacon's Rebellion

  • 1686

    Creation of Dominion of New England

  • 1688

    Glorious Revolution in England

  • 1700

    250,000 settlers in English colonies

  • 1704

    First colonial newspaper

  • 1720's

    Colonial economic life quickens

  • 1739-1744

    Great Awakening

  • 1756-1763

    French and Indian War