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1451
Columbus' 1st voyage (year)
Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all-water route to Asia. On October 12, more than two months later, Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas that he called San Salvador. The natives called it Guanahani. -
The year Jamestown was settled
They established Jamestown, Virginia, on May 14, 1607, the first permanent British settlement in North America. -
End of the french and Indian was (year)
In the early 1750's, France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley repeatedly brought the country into armed conflict with the British colonies. In 1756, the British formally declared war against France. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter.