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Period: 1420 to 1550
Age of Discovery
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Jan 1, 1492
Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Expedition from Spain - discovery of the New World by the Old. Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the New World between Portuguese and Spanish monarchies. -
1500
First African slaves taken to Hispaniola - beginning slave trade
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Period: 1558 to
Reign of Elizabeth I
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1579
Francis Drake claims New Albion for England
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Roanoke Colony founded
Founded by Sir Walter Raleigh and was an attempt by Queen Elizabeth I to establish a permanent English settlement. -
Defeat of Spanish Armada
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Reign of James
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Founding of Jamestown Settlement
First permanent English settlement. Starving Time at Jamestown was a period of starvation during the winter of 1609-10. There were 500 Jamestown residents at the beginning of the winter and only 60 still alive when the spring arrived. -
Indian massacre of 1622
Took place in the English Colony of Virginia and resulted in 347 deaths. Led the English to abandon smaller settlements, e.g. Henricus -
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Reign of Charles I
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Puritans found Boston
Puritans found Boston and ten other settlements in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. John Winthrop preaches his city upon a Hill sermon. -
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English Interregnum
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Reign of Charles II
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Philadelphia founded
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Reign of James II
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Reign of William III and Mary II
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Reign of William III
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Reign of Anne, Queen of Great Britain
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Reign George I of Great Britain
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Reign of George II of Great Britain
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For the first time, the majority of slaves in Chesapeake were born in the New World
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Outbreak of French and Indian War
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Beginning of Seven Years War in Europe
Battle of Fort Oswego -
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Reign of George III of Great Britain
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Sugar Act and Currency Act
SA was a revenue-raising act imposing tariffs; CA regulaed paper money issued by the colonies to British America -
Townshend Acts passed
Purpose was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so they would remain loyal to GB. -
Boston Massacre
British army, attempting to enforce parliamentary legislation, shot fatally 5 Americas and non-fatally wounding 6 -
Gaspee Affair
HMS Gaspee was a ship enforcing the Navigation Acts; A group of men, led by Abraham Whipple and John Brown, attacked & torched the vessel -
Restraining Acts 1775
Two Acts passed by Parliament limiting colonial trade in response to increasing civil unrest. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
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United States Declaration of Independence
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American Revolution
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Treaty of Paris
British recognize American independence, consequently they evacuate New York