The Colonial and Early National Period

  • Period: 1420 to

    COLONIAL AND EARLY NATIONAL PERIOD

  • 1492
    1492

    1492

    CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS LANDS IN THE BAHAMAS
  • 1513
    1513

    1513

    JUAN PONCE DE LEON LANDS ON THE FLORIDA PENINSULA
  • 1515
    1515

    1515

    VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA MAKES IT TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
  • 1540
    1540

    1540

    FRANCISCO VAZQUEZ DE CORONADO REACHES THE SOUTHWEST
  • 1565
    1565

    1565

    ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA: FOUNDED BY PEDRO MENENDEZ AND WAS THE FIRST PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN THE US
  • 1586

    1586

    ENGLISH COLONY ON ROANOKE ISLAND DISAPEARES; IT IS KNOWN AS THE LOST COLONY
  • 1590

    1590

    IROQOIS CONFEDERACY DECIDED TO STOP WARFARE AMONG THE FIVE NATIONS
  • 1607

    1607

    JAMESTOWN, VIRIGINA IS THE FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH SETTLEMENT
  • 1608

    1608

    CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH WRITES A TRUE RELATION OF VIRIGINA
  • 1620

    1620

    PILGRIMS LAND AT PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
  • 1620

    1620

    MAYFLOWER COMPACT
  • 1636

    1636

    HARVARD COLLEGE IS FOUNDED IN MASSACHUSETTS
  • 1639

    1639

    THE FIRST PRINTING PRESS IN ENGLISH SPEAKING AMERICA ARRIVES IN MASSACHUSETTS
  • 1640

    1640

    BAY PSALM BOOK IS PUBLISHED; FIRST BOOK PRINITED IN THE COLONIES
  • 1647

    1647

    FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ESTABLISHED IN MASSACHUSETTS
  • 1650

    1650

    PUBLICATION IN LONDON OF ANNE BRADSTREET'S THE TENTH MUSE
  • 1675

    1675

    KING PHILIP BEGINS RAIDING NEW ENGLAND FRONTIER TOWNS
  • 1692

    1692

    SALEM WITCH TRIALS RESULT IN THE EXECUTION OF TWENTY PEOPLE
  • 1735

    1735

    JOHN PETER ZENGER ACQUITTED OF LIBEL, FURTHERING FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
  • 1741

    1741

    GREAT AWAKENING A SERIES OF REVIVALS IN THE COLONIES
  • 1754

    1754

    THE START OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
  • 1775-1781

    1775-1781

    AMERICAN REVOLUTION
  • 1776

    1776

    DECLERATION OF INDEPENDENCE
  • 1787

    1787

    CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION MEETS IN PHILADELPHIA TO DRAFT CONSTITUTION
  • 1804

    1804

    LEWIS AND CLARK BEGIN EXPLORING THE WEST
  • 1820

    1820

    THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE BANS SLAVERY IN PARTS OF NEW TERRITORY
  • Period: to

    THE ROMANTIC PERIOD