American Timeline

By Haylee Escobedo
  • The start of the Nahuatl speaking groups is dated back to around 500CE or 500AD. They came from the deserts of Northern Mexico into Central Mexico. They are considered the ancestors of Aztec culture and other Nahua people.
    500

    The start of the Nahuatl speaking groups is dated back to around 500CE or 500AD. They came from the deserts of Northern Mexico into Central Mexico. They are considered the ancestors of Aztec culture and other Nahua people.

  • Columbus lands at Hispaniola in the Caribbean
    1492

    Columbus lands at Hispaniola in the Caribbean

  • Balboa "discovers" the Pacific Ocean in Panama
    1513

    Balboa "discovers" the Pacific Ocean in Panama

  • Cortes conquers the Aztecs at Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)
    1521

    Cortes conquers the Aztecs at Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)

  • De Soto explores the region between Florida and the Mississippi River.
    1539

    De Soto explores the region between Florida and the Mississippi River.

  • First permanent English settlement is founded in Jamestown, Virginia

    First permanent English settlement is founded in Jamestown, Virginia

  • Slavery was brought to Northern America when the English enslaved Africans to Virginia

    Slavery was brought to Northern America when the English enslaved Africans to Virginia

  • Mayflower Pilgrims found Plymouth colony in Massachusetts

    Mayflower Pilgrims found Plymouth colony in Massachusetts

  • English settlers defeat Native American in King Philip's War

    English settlers defeat Native American in King Philip's War

  • France claims the Mississipi River Valley and names it Louisiana

    France claims the Mississipi River Valley and names it Louisiana

  • Suggested by archaeological and oral traditions that the Cherokee ancestors occupied the southern Appalachian mountains around 8000 BCE

    Suggested by archaeological and oral traditions that the Cherokee ancestors occupied the southern Appalachian mountains around 8000 BCE

    The Cherokees are of Iroquoian lineage and was one of the largest tribes at the time of European colonization of the Americas.

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