History 8 Timeline_P.Nicolaou

  • 1492

    Columbus Discovers New World

    Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Columbus was determined that the Earth was round even though everyone said it was flat so he set out trying to find a way to India but ran into America.
  • Jamestown

    First successful British colony in the New World. Many people died of starvation until they discovered tobacco so they could sell that for food.
  • First Boxing Match

    On 1681 the first-ever boxing match was recorded.
  • Proclamation Line of 1763

    After the French and Indian war. Was an imaginary line that King George III made so that the colonists couldn't move into the land they just fought a war for. (Proclamation Line of 1763 document)
  • Treaty of Paris

    This is the treaty that ended the French and Indian war.
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    California Gold Rush

    The California Gold Rush was the incredible flow of people into California because someone found gold.
  • English Reformation

    When England broke away from the Catholic church and started the church fo England.
  • First Transcontinental Railroad

    The first 2 major railroads were the Union Pacific and Central Pacific and one went east to west and the other from west to east.
  • First Superbowl

    The Greenbay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the First Superbowl ever at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
  • 1990 Superbowl

    In the 1990 Superbowl the San Francisco 49ers overcame the Denver Broncos
  • World Series Last Year

    The Houston Astros topped the L.A. Dodgers in Last years world series
  • Last Year Superbowl

    Last year the Eagles shockingly defeated the Patriots at US Bank stadium.