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Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther Begins Protestant Reformatio
When Martin Luther nailed his protests on the door of the Wittenburg Cathedral, he was shaping a new doctrine. By igniting this new protestant reform against the Catholic church, Luther was inevitably shaping millions of people across Europe, some of whom would eventually found young America. -
Period: Jan 1, 1517 to
Settling the Northern Colonies
When Colombus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, little did he know just how influential his discovery was for the New World. This is the tale of the Northern Colonies, one area of many that the peoples of Europe settled. -
Jan 1, 1536
John Calvin of Geneva Publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
John Calvin ingited teachings of predestination, the sovereignty of God, the supreme authority of the Scriptures, and the irrisitability of grace. Calvin gained numerous followers in the Northern Colonies with these, at the time, radical ideas. -
Pilgrims Sail on the Mayflower to Plymouth Bay
Escaping religious persecution from Europe and being accussed of being seperatists, a group of Pilgrims took a huge risk and sailed into the unknown on a small ship called the Mayflower. They successfully landed at Plymouth Bay, Massachusetts to begin their new life in 1620. Although life would not be as they had expected... -
Dutch found New Netherland
Four years after the Pilgrims settle at Plymouth, the Dutch found their own colony called New Amsterdam. This colony would later become the colony of New York. -
Puritans Found Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Puritans found their own colony near the original site where the Pilgrims landed
