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  • May 20, 1520

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus
    Christopher Columbus completed 4 voyages that started the European colonization of the Americas. (date on timeline is death date)
    Interesting facts:
    1. Christopher Columbus did not know that he did not reach the East Indies.
    2. Christopher Columbus was arrested based on accusations of tyranny and genocide on the people of the colony he governed.
    2. Christopher Columbus' actual birth date is not known.
  • Nov 30, 1550

    Juan de Oñate

    Juan de Oñate
    Juan de Oñate was a colonial governor of New Mexico.
    Interesting facts:
    1. Married Hernan Cortes' granddaughter.
    2. Juan de Oñate was a Spanish Conquistador.

  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin
    Benjamin Franklin was a big proponent of colonial unity and was very involved in colonial politics.
    Interesting facts:
    1. Benjamin Franklin was the British postmaster for the colonies for many years.
    2. Benjamin Franklin was the governor of Pennsylvannia.

  • Benjamin Banneker

    Benjamin Banneker
    Benjamin Banneker is best known for being a part of the group that surveyed the land that would become the federal city.
    Interesting Facts:
    1. Benjamin Banneker knew a lot about astronomy and that knowledge helped him write a serries of almanacs.
    2. Benjamin Banneker corresponded with Thomas Jefferson pleaing for justice for African Americans

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone
    Daniel Boone expolored and settled what is now Kentucky.
    Interesting facts:
    1. By the end of the 18th century, more than 200,000 people had followed the route forged by Daniel Boone.
    2. Served three terms in the Virginia General Assembly.

  • John Adams

    John Adams
    John Adams helped persuade congress to declare independence and helped Thomas Jefferson draft the Declaration of Independence.
    Interesting facts:
    1. John Adams was vice president for two terms and president for one.
    2. His son, John Quincy Adams, was the sixth president.

  • Pierre-Charles L'Enfant

    Pierre-Charles L'Enfant
    Pierre-Charles L'Enfant created the plan for the Federal City, later named Washington D.C.
    Interesting facts:
    1. Pierre-Charles L'Enfant served as a military engineer in the Continental Army with Major General Lafayette.
    2. Pierre-Charles L'Enfant also served under Gerneral George Washington.