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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus discovered America
1492 - C. COLUMBUS LEADS ADVANCE SCOUTING PARTY FOR INVASION OF AMERICA - -Columbus makes the first of four voyages to the New World, funded by the Spanish Crown, seeking a western sea route to Asia. On October 12, sailing the Santa Maria, he lands in the Bahamas, thinking it is an outlying Japanese island. I think this event is important because if C. Columbus had not sailed across the ocean we probably wouldn’t even be here today. -
Aug 29, 1507
America's name was first used in a geography book
1507 - The name "America" is first used in a geography book referring to the New World with Amerigo Vespucci getting credit for the discovery of the continent. This event is important because this is where the 13 colonies got the name America. -
The Mayflower has landed
1620 - November 9, the Mayflower ship lands at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with 101 colonists. On November 11, the Mayflower Compact is signed by the 41 men, establishing a form of local government in which the colonists agree to abide by majority rule and to cooperate for the general good of the colony. This event is important because of a form of government is founded. -
Maryland passes a law for slavery
1664 - Maryland passes a law making lifelong servitude for black slaves mandatory to prevent them from taking advantage of legal precedents established in England which grant freedom under certain conditions, such as conversion to Christianity. Similar laws are later passed in New York, New Jersey, the Carolinas and Virginia. The law that Maryland passes is the first act of slavery. -
King Philip's war
1675 - 1676 King Philip's War erupts in New England between colonists and Native Americans as a result of tensions over colonist's expansionist activities. The bloody war rages up and down the Connecticut River valley in Massachusetts and in the Plymouth and Rhode Island colonies, eventually resulting in 600 English colonials being killed and 3,000 Native Americans, including women and children on both sides. This event is important because the Native Americans were defending their land. -
the proclamation of 1763
1763 - The Proclamation of 1763, signed by King George III of England, prohibits any English settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains and requires those already settled in those regions to return east in an attempt to ease tensions with Native Americans. This is important because they were attempting to make a peace treaty with The Native Americans. -
the sons of liberty
1765 - In July, the Sons of Liberty, an underground organization opposed to the Stamp Act, is formed in a number of colonial towns. Its members use violence and intimidation to eventually force all of the British stamp agents to resign and also stop many American merchants from ordering British trade goods.
This event is important because The Sons of Liberty opposed to the stamp act. The members of this organization used violence, intimidation to force British agents to resign. -
the stamp act
1765 - In October, the Stamp Act Congress convenes in New York City, with representatives from nine of the colonies. The Congress prepares a resolution to be sent to King George III and the English Parliament. The petition requests the repeal of the Stamp Act and the Acts of 1764.
This event is important because this date is when the colonists’ started revolting against England. -
the boston tea party
December 16, 1773 - About 8000 Bostonians gather to hear Sam Adams tell them Royal Governor Hutchinson has repeated his command not to allow the ships out of the harbor until the tea taxes are paid. That night, the Boston Tea Party occurs as colonial activists disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians then board the ships and dump all 342 containers of tea into the habor.
This event is important because colonial activist were disguised as Mohawk Indians, and they dumped all 342 tea containers. -
the decleration of independence
June-July, 1776 - On June 7, Richard Henry Lee, a Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, presents a formal resolution calling for America to declare its independence from Britain. Congress decides to postpone its decision on this until July. On June 11, Congress appoints a committee to draft a declaration of independence.
This event in time is important because The Declaration of Independence was written and signed.
