Bailey's Timeline

By bailey.lathem
  • Sep 6, 1492

    Christopher Colombus

    Made four voyages to the Americas.

  • Thomas Harriot (published)

    Gave English readers their first clear picture of North America.

  • Puritan Settlers.

  • Jamestown: First permanent colony was established.

    Jamestown: First permanent colony was established.

  • John Winthrop

    "we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us."

  • Bay Psalm Book: First colonial book.

    Bible's psalms were rewritten to fit the rhythms of Puritian hymms.

  • Salen Witch Trials by Cotton Mather

    where 20 people were condemned to death in an atmosphere of mass hysteria. First exorcisms.
  • Period: to

    Enlightenment

  • English colonies were stretching along the Atlantic coast.

    English colonies were stretching along the Atlantic coast.

  • French & Indian War (1759-1763)

    When the French and the Indians allied to overthrow the British.
  • Period: to

    2,000 pamphlets published

    inexpensive "little books" were the fuel for revolution.

  • Patrick Henry

    "Give me liberty or give me death!"

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Thomas Paine: Common Sense

    helped propel the colonists to revolution.

  • Constitution was approved.