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The Maya are using hieroglyphic writing.
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Western Roman Empire ends. Over time, Europe splits into small kingdoms.
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Muhammad begins the religion of Islam in Arabia.
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Europeans begin the Crusades to capture the Holy Land from followers of Islam.
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The city of Cahokia flourishes in what is now Illinois.
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The Aztecs conquer much of central Mexico.
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Mansa Musa, emperor of Mali,travels to Islam's holy city. Word of his gold spreads to Europe.
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He was born in a town called Genoa in 1451.
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Portuguese traders begin to build a fort near Benin in Africa.
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The European explorer Columbus lands in the Americas.
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Arrives at Cuba and Hispaniola in 1492. Arrives at Lisbon, Portugal in 1493
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Arrives at Hispaniola in 1493. Arrives at Cuba and Jamaica in 1494. Reaches the coast of Portugal in 1496.
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Arrives at Gomera, Cape Verde Islands, Trinidad, Leaves the Gulf of Paria then arrives at Margartia in 1498. In 1500 on october Columbus is arrested and sent home in chains.
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Departs from Spain with 4 ships. Arrived at Santo Domingo, Hispaniola. Then goes to Moquito Coast, which is now Nicaragua.Garrison attacked by Indians and abandoned. Sinking ships beached and abandoned at Jamaica. Crew rescued from Jamaica after more than a year. Columbus returns to Spain
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Christopher Columbus dies at Valladolid.
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1st English colony established...later faild.
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John Smith and other English settles establish Jamestown, VA.
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Pilgrims land at the Plymouth Pilgrims wish to separate from the Anglican Church.
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Puritans found the Massachusetts Ba Colony...Puritans want a pure from of Anglican Church religion.
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Wiliam Penn receives charter for Pennsylvania.
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William Penn receives charter for pennsylvania.
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England takes New Amsterdam from the Dutch.
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Salem witchcraft trials are held.
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circa 1700, Colonial population reaches 257,000.
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enslaved Africans revolt in Stono Rebellion
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population of the English colonies passes the one million mark.
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It said that colonies could not settle west of the Appalachian mountains
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It said that colonies could not settle west of the Appalachian mountains
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Tax on sugar,molesses, and other prouducts shipping to the colonies.
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Parliament has supreme authority to govern the colonies.
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This was a cost seweing measur that required the colonies to quater, or house,Briech solders and provided them with supplys.
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This law required all legal and commercial documents t carry and official stamp showing that tax been payed.
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They said that attacks and the four other had given their lives for freadom.
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They said that attacks and the four other had given their lives for freedom.
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The first of the Townshend Acts suspended New York assembly until New York agr
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The tea Act gave British East India company control over the american tea trade.
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The Birch called these laws the coercive Acts, but they were so harsh that the colonists.
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The Birch called these laws the coercive Acts, but they were so harsh that the colonists.
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maize is widely grown in what is now the southeastern United States.
