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Jan 1, 600
Mayan Civilization
The start of the Mayan civilization. They lived in Mexico -
Period: Jan 1, 600 to
Colonial America
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Jan 1, 1000
Leif Ericson And Vikings Reach North America
Leif Erikson discovers America. the Vikings reached North America approximately five centuries prior to the voyages of Christopher Columbus -
Nov 1, 1095
Crusades
The Crusaders then took over many of the cities on the Mediterranean coast and built a large number of fortified castles all over the Holy Land to protect their new territories. -
Jan 1, 1275
Marco Polo Reaches China
Marco Polo lived in China for seventeen years before running to Venice -
Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance
the Renaissance began in Italy, Florence specifically, in the late 15th Century, although some claim that it goes all the way back to Dante Alighieri's Inferno in the 1300s -
Jan 1, 1330
aztec civilization
the Aztec civilization began with the founding of the city of Tenochtitlan (modern-day Mexico) in about 1330. it ended in 1521 when the Spanish and their allies captured the city and the last king Cuauhtemoc -
Jan 1, 1490
inca civilization
The Inca Empire was pretty much wiped in 1618 due years of influenza, small pox as well as Spanish conquest.The Incas identified their king as "child of the sun." -
Oct 12, 1492
christopher columbus discovers america
His objective was to sail west until he reached Asia (the Indies) where the riches of gold, pearls and spice awaited. His first stop was the Canary Islands where the lack of wind left his expedition becalmed until September 6. -
Jan 1, 1494
line of demarcation
The most famous is dealt with the discovery of the new world and dividing it up among European powers.
"The Line of Demarcation was a line drawn by Pope Alexander VI in 1493-1494 to assign colonial spheres of interest in the Americas to Portugal and Spain. -
Jan 1, 1565
st.augustine-first permanent spanish settlement
St. Augustine, the first permanent Spanish settlement in what will later become the United States, is founded in what is now Florida. -
quebec founded
The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City -
first africans arrive in Virgina
Less than one hundred years after the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia the institution of slavery was firmly in place. arrival of the first Africans to an English colony in Jamestown, Virginia. -
first women arrive in Virgina
One of the first English women to arrive and help provide a home life in the rugged Virginia wilderness was young Anne Burras.marries John Layden in the first wedding at Jamestown -
house of burgesses established
In 1619, the American colony of Virginia created the elected House Of Burgesses as the lower house of its legislature.House of Burgesses, and it first met on July 30, 1619, at a church in Jamestown -
mayflower compact
Mayflower Compact” as the boat lay at anchor in that Cape Cod harbor.One of the cornerstones of the Pilgrim ethos is the Mayflower Compact -
harvard college founded
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within ... Founded in 1636, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States -
act of toleration passed in maryland
The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, was a law mandating religious tolerance for trinitarian Christians. With England in the hands of Puritans and Protestants beginning to outnumber Catholics in Maryland, the colony's legislature passed an Act of Toleration -
bacon's rebellion
Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony in North America, led by a 29-year-old planter, Nathaniel Bacon.Nathaniel Bacon. High taxes, low prices for tobacco
