Maggie's American History Events By MHarms 1000 The Vikings discover North America 1488 Bartolomeu Dias 1492 Columbus sailed across the Atlantic and landed in America 1497 Vasco da Gama 1501 America was named after Amerigo Vespucci 1517 Protestant Reformation 1587 Roanoke 1619 Slave Codes 1620 Mayflower Compact 1754 French and Indian War 1770 Boston massacre 1776 Battle of Trenton 1781 The American Revolution 1783 The Treaty of Paris 1789 George Washington became the first President of the U.S.A 1789 Judiciary Act 1794 Jay’s Treaty 1801 The Louisiana Purchase 1814 The Treaty of Fort Jackson 1870 The Oregon Trail
