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  • 500

    Middle Ages Begin

    Middle Ages Begin
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Leif Ericson explores North America

    Leif Ericson explores North America
  • Jan 1, 1100

    Crusades Begin

    Crusades Begin
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Crusades End

    Crusades End
  • Jan 1, 1350

    Middle Ages End

    Middle Ages End
  • Jan 1, 1350

    Renaissance Begins

    Renaissance Begins
  • Jan 1, 1400

    Portuguese Prince Henry encourages sea captains to sail south along the coast of Africa

    Portuguese Prince Henry encourages sea captains to sail south along the coast of Africa
  • Jan 1, 1439

    Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press

    Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press
  • Jan 1, 1488

    Bartholomeu Dias reaches southern tip of Africa

    Bartholomeu Dias reaches southern tip of Africa
  • Aug 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain

    Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain
  • Jan 1, 1493

    Christopher Columbus founds the first Spanish colony in the Americas

    Christopher Columbus founds the first Spanish colony in the Americas
  • Jan 1, 1498

    Vasco da Gama sails around southern tip of Africa to India

    Vasco da Gama sails around southern tip of Africa to India
  • Jan 1, 1513

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa is first European to see the Pacific Ocean, after crossing the isthmus of Panama

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa is first European to see the Pacific Ocean, after crossing the isthmus of Panama
  • Nov 8, 1519

    Hernando Cortes marches into the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan

    Hernando Cortes marches into the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan
  • Jan 1, 1522

    Ferdinand Magellan leaves Spain (with 250 crew members and 5 ships) to sail around the world

    Ferdinand Magellan leaves Spain (with 250 crew members and 5 ships) to sail around the world
  • Jan 1, 1522

    Magellan's crew returns, with only 1 ship and 18 crew members

    Magellan's crew returns, with only 1 ship and 18 crew members
  • Jan 1, 1535

    Francisco Pizarro captures the Incan emperor, Atahualpa

    Francisco Pizarro captures the Incan emperor, Atahualpa

  • Sir Walter Raleigh sets sail for North America and attempts to colonize Roanoke Island

    Sir Walter Raleigh sets sail for North America and attempts to colonize Roanoke Island

  • Renaissance Ends

    Renaissance Ends

  • Virginia founded

    Virginia founded

  • First African slaves are brought to Jamestown, VA

    First African slaves are brought to Jamestown, VA

  • First African slaves are brought to Jamestown, VA

    First African slaves are brought to Jamestown, VA

  • Pilgrims settle in what is now Massachusetts

    Pilgrims settle in what is now Massachusetts

  • New Hampshire founded

    New Hampshire founded

  • New York founded

    New York founded

  • Puritans settle the Massachusetts Bay Colony

    Puritans settle the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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  • Maryland founded

    Maryland founded

  • Rhode Island founded

    Rhode Island founded

  • Connecticut founded

    Connecticut founded

  • Delaware founded

    Delaware founded

  • New Netherland takes over New Sweden

    New Netherland takes over New Sweden

  • The Carolinas founded

    The Carolinas founded

  • - New Jersey founded

    - New Jersey founded

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Bacon's Rebellion

  • Pennsylvania founded

    Pennsylvania founded

  • Glorious Revolution

    Glorious Revolution

  • English Bill of Rights signed

    English Bill of Rights signed

  • North Carolina founded

    North Carolina founded

  • South Carolina founded

    South Carolina founded

  • Georgia founded

    Georgia founded

  • French and Indian War begins at Battle of Fort Necessity

    French and Indian War begins at Battle of Fort Necessity

  • French troops defeat General Braddock

  • Quebec surrenders to the British

  • British troops take Montreal, ending the French & Indian War fighting in North America

  • Treaty of Paris is signed between Britain & France, ending the French & Indian War

  • The Proclamation of 1763

  • Sugar Act

  • Stamp Act

  • Sugar Act and Stamp Act are repealed

  • Townshend Acts

  • Boston Massacre

  • Tea Act

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

  • The Declaration of Independence is accepted by delegates at the Continental Congress

  • British victory at the Battle of Long Island

  • American victory at the Battle of Trenton

  • American victory at the Battle of Saratoga

    American victory at the Battle of Saratoga

  • Articles of Confederation written

    Articles of Confederation written

  • Washington and troops camp at Valley Forge

    Washington and troops camp at Valley Forge

  • British seize Savannah, GA

    British seize Savannah, GA

  • American victory at the Battle of Vincennes

    American victory at the Battle of Vincennes

  • John Paul Jones commands the ship Bonhomme Richard and defeats the British ship Serapis in a rare American victory at sea

    John Paul Jones commands the ship Bonhomme Richard and defeats the British ship Serapis in a rare American victory at sea

  • American victory at the Battle of King's Mountain, SC7

    American victory at the Battle of King's Mountain, SC7

  • Benedict Arnold (now fighting for the British) attacks and burns Richmond, VA

  • American victory at the Battle of Cowpens, SC

  • Articles of Confederation ratified

  • British victory at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, NC

  • Pennsylvania ratifies the Constitution

    Pennsylvania ratifies the Constitution

  • New Hampshire is the 9th state to ratify the Constitution, allowing it to go into effect

  • George Washington takes office as POTUS

  • Rhode Island is the final state to ratify the Constitution

  • The Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments to the Constitution) is ratified

  • Kentucky becomes a state

  • 11th Amendment (Suits Against States)

  • John Adams takes office as POTUS

  • XYZ Affair

  • Alien & Sedition Acts

  • Kentucky Resolution

  • Virginia Resolution

  • Thomas Jefferson takes office as POTUS

  • Marbury v. Madison tried before Supreme Court

  • 12th Amendment (Election of President & Vice President)

    12th Amendment (Election of President & Vice President)

  • James Madison takes office as POTUS

    James Madison takes office as POTUS

  • Louisiana becomes a state

    Louisiana becomes a state

  • James Monroe takes office as POTUS

    James Monroe takes office as POTUS

  • John Quincy Adams takes office as POTUS

  • Andrew Jackson takes office as POTUS

  • Martin Van Buren takes office as POTUS

  • William Henry Harrison takes office as POTUS

  • John Tyler takes office as POTUS

  • James Knox Polk takes office as POTUS

  • - Zachary Taylor takes office as POTUS

  • Millard Fillmore takes office as POTUS

  • Franklin Pierce takes office as POTUS

  • James Buchanan takes office as POTUS

  • - Abraham Lincoln takes office as POTUS

  • Andrew Johnson takes office as POTUS

  • 13th Amendment (Abolition of Slavery)

  • 14th Amendment (Rights of Citizens)

  • Ulysses Simpson Grant takes office as POTUS

  • 15th Amendment (Voting Rights)

  • Rutherford Birchard Hayes takes office as POTUS

  • James Garfield takes office as POTUS

  • Chester Arthur takes office as POTUS

  • Grover Cleveland takes office as POTUS 4

  • Benjamin Harrison takes office as POTUS

  • Grover Cleveland takes office as POTUS (for the second time)

  • William McKinley takes office as POTUS

  • Theodore Roosevelt takes office as POTUS

  • William Howard Taft takes office as POTUS

  • 16th Amendment (The Income Tax)

  • Woodrow Wilson takes office as POTUS

  • 17th Amendment (Direct Election of Senators)

  • 18th Amendment (Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverages)

  • 19th Amendment (Women's Suffrage)

  • Warren Harding takes office as POTUS

  • Calvin Coolidge takes office as POTUS

  • Herbert Hoover takes office as POTUS

  • 20th Amendment (Presidential Terms; Sessions of Congress)

  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes office as POTUS

  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes office as POTUS

  • 21st Amendment (Repeal of Prohibition)

  • Harry S Truman takes office as POTUS

  • 22nd Amendment (Limit on Number of President's Terms)

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower takes office as POTUS

  • John Fitzgerald Kennedy takes office as POTUS

  • 23rd Amendment (Presidential Electors for District of Colombia)

  • Lyndon B. Johnson takes office as POTUS

  • 24th Amendment (Abolition of Poll Tax in National Elections)

  • 25th Amendment (Presidential Succession and Disability)

  • Richard M. Nixon takes office as POTUS

  • 26th Amendment (Voting Age)

    26th Amendment (Voting Age)

  • Gerald Ford takes office as POTUS

    Gerald Ford takes office as POTUS

  • Jimmy Carter takes office as POTUS

    Jimmy Carter takes office as POTUS

  • Ronald Reagan takes office as POTUS

    Ronald Reagan takes office as POTUS

  • George H. W. Bush takes office as POTUS

    George H. W. Bush takes office as POTUS

  • 27th Amendment (Congressional Pay Increases)

    27th Amendment (Congressional Pay Increases)

  • William Jefferson Clinton takes office as POTUS

    William Jefferson Clinton takes office as POTUS

  • William Jefferson Clinton takes office as POTUS

    William Jefferson Clinton takes office as POTUS

  • George W. Bush takes office as POTUS

    George W. Bush takes office as POTUS