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Jan 1, 1460
Juan Ponce de Leon
He wanted to find the fountain of youth. He was the first Euorpian to set foot in Florida. -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbian Exchange
No exact month or day.It helped the New World get supplies and new things. It encuaged people to trade. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus went to the new world
He came here and then he went back and told people about "The New World". -
Jan 1, 1513
Juan Ponce de Leon Explored Florida
He explored Florida's coast. -
Roanoke Island was found
Sir Walter Raleigh's found it. 100 men, woman, and children went there. It was the first colony failed. People there carved croatan into a fence and cro into a tree. People think that means an Indian tribe. -
When Jamestown started
This is when Colonests arrived here. It was the first succesfull white settlement. -
Tobacco in early America
It saved Jamestown, and it was one of the cash crops of early America. -
The May Flower and Pilgrims
The May Flower Compact was the first form of Goverment and when they came, it showed the King that they didn't have to listen to him. -
When the Powhatan Tribe was here.
They supplied the James Town colony with food and other things. -
George Washington born
He was born in Westmoreland County, VA. He was impotant because he was the first Presedent and because he was Commander in Cheif to the British troops. -
Paul Revere Born
He drew a picture of the bloody massacer to make people want to go to war, he warned people to leave Lexington and Concord, he told people to hide there weponds and he said "the British are coming". -
Thomas Jefferson born
He was born in Virginia. He doubled the size of the USA with the Louisiana puchase. He was also a founding father and wrote the Declaration of Independece. -
When Molly Pitcher was born
She was born in Trenton, NJ. -
The Boston Tea Party
It showed the King that we could rebel agains him. Samual Adams started it. -
Battle of Lexington
It was the first place the minuet men went. It was the first battle of the Revolutionary war. Also know as the shot heard around the world. -
Battle of Concord
It was the second place that the minuet men went. 70 British died there. Also that is where the Revolutionary War sarted -
Sir William came here
He was commander in cheif early in the Revolutionary War to the British. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
It was the first battle of the Revolutionary war, and it proved that we could take on the Red Coats. -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson made it, Benjamin Franklin, and others. It was frredom to get out of the Great Britains control and to encourage foren nations to help us. -
When did people stay at Valley Fordge
-1778. 2,500 people died while they were there. -
The Boston Massacre
This lead to the Revolutionary War. -
The Seige at York Town
It was when the British surrenderd and the Revolutionary War ended and we won. So it was the last battle in Revolutionary War. -
George Washington President
He never lived in the White House because it was made after he died. -
Bill Of Rights Writen
That all people in America have the same rights, and that it was the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. -
Benjamin Frainklen
He was important because he was a founding father of the United States and he invented the Lightning rod, Fraiklen stove, biofocals, and the Glass Armornica. -
George Washington died
He died when he was 67 when he died. He died in Mount Vernon, VA. -
Molly Pitcher died.
She died when she was 78 and she in Carlisle, PA. -
Leif Ericson
APPROXIMATE LIFESPAN: 960-1040. A Viking explorer from Iceland. Erikson sailed to North American nearly 500 years before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. An attempt to live in the new land was unsuccessful but evidence of cottages have been explored.
