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Apr 21, 1400
First American Music
native american music Music was very important to the First Americans and played an important part in their religious cerimonies. -
Period: Apr 21, 1400 to
From First Americans to the First Thanksgiving
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Apr 21, 1402
Cahokia Mounds
cahokia mounds One type of home of First Americans. Located in the Midwest. -
Oct 12, 1492
Columbus discovers a "New World"
Columbus led his three ships-the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria-out of the Spanish port of Palos on August 3, 1492 with the plan to sail west until he reached the Indies; a land rich in gold, pearls and spices. -
Mar 23, 1513
Ponce de Leon Lands in Florida
Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain and named the land Florida which means "place of flowers." -
Settlers arrive on Roanoke Island
First English Settlers arrive on Roanoke Island and are greeted by the Algonquin people. The Algonquin people are later almost completely decimated by the smallpox epidemic in 1640. -
Pocahontas rescues John Smith
Though there is some disagreement as to the truth of this tale, John Smith's own report states that Pocahontas saved him from execution by throwing herself over him and convincing her father, the chief, to talk instead of fight. -
Pocahontas Marries John Rolf
The marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolf brought a peace between the English colonists and the Powhatan. -
Mayflower arrives at Plymouth Rock
Pilgrims and the Mayflower After two months of a long and difficult journey, the Pilgrims finally arrived in the Americas. Out of 102 Pilgrims, only two members died on that sixty-six day trip. -
First Thanksgiving
The event that Americans commonly call the "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in 1621. This feast lasted three days, and was attended by about 53 Pilgrims and 90 First Americans. -
Squanto
Squanto was a just a boy when he was kidnapped by English sailors and taken to their country to serve. He was taught English and later returned to America as a guide. When he returned to the village where he had lived, he found it empty--sickness had killed them all. He played a vital role in the Pilgim's survival that first winter and it is his friendship with the setttlers that is attributed to the "First Thanksgiving."
