Early America

By Nathaniel979
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus sails to America

    Christopher Cioumbs discoered Amicrica.

  • Roanoke Island

    Queen Elizabeth sent a group of people to the New World to start a settlement. It was the first but not the only attempt.

  • Lost Colonly of Roanoke

    John White returned to the New World to find his family and all the other settlers GONE!

  • George Washington born

    He is called the father of our country. He was a founding father and the leader of American troops duing the Revolutionary War. First president of the U.S. Married to Martha.

  • Pawe Revere boren

    Pawe Revere was a patriot who fought for America to be free from England.

  • Boston Massacre

    Five men killed on King Street. This made people think about freedom from England.

  • Boston Tea Party

    People through tea off ships in Boston Harbor because they were mad at the king and his taxes. He then passed laws called the "Intolerable Acts."

  • Battle of Lexington and Concor

    These battles were the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    The British won this battle but they lost more men than the Americans. This showed both sided that the Americans could fight against the mighty Redcoats.

  • Battle of Yorktown

    Last battle of the Revolutionary War

  • Leif Ericson

    APPROXIMATE LIFESPAN: 960-1040. Sailed to America nearly 500 years before Columbus