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Jul 1, 1450
Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange was a period of exchanges between the old and new worlds with plants, technology, and other items. -
Jul 1, 1451
Christopher Colombus
Christopher Columbus made many voyages to Africa and other places until on one voyage he accidentally stumbled across America. -
Aug 8, 1454
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci was an explorer who played a big role in discovering the New World. -
Jul 1, 1521
Juan Ponce de Leon
Juan Ponce de Leon was an explorer who accompanied Christopher Columbus on his voyage to the New World. -
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English Explorer who was greatly favored by Queen Elizabeth I. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first document to be signed in America for self-government. -
Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts Bay colony was an English settlement near the East Coast of North America. -
John Smith
John Smith was an Englishman responsible for the settlement of Jamestown. -
Fundamental Orders
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut established rules for governing some of the towns in Connecticut. -
Pequot War
The pequot war was a conflict between English colonists and the pequot tribe. The war ended with the pequot tribe losing. -
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson was a participant in the Antinomian controversy, a religious and political controversy in Massachusetts. -
Toleration Act
The Toleration Act was a law that passed allowing Christians freedom of religion. -
Indentured Servitude
Indentured servants signed a contract agreeing to work as a slave for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to Virginia, food, shelter, and clothing. -
Roger Williams
Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts because they were afraid he was spreading new and dangerous ideas. -
Enlightenment
The Enlightenment allowed people to think for themselves and form their own views. Their ways of life were not so traditional anymore. -
Salem Witch Trials
A series of prosecutions of people accused of Witchcraft in Massachusetts. -
William Penn
William Penn was an entrepreneur, philosopher and quaker. He founded the province of Pennsylvania. -
The Great Awakening
The Great Awakening allowed people to believe that they had a say in what they chose to believe in. -
French and Indian War
Known as the seven years war, the French and Indian war was a conflict between Great Britain and France over territory of the new world. -
Great Migration
A time period in which millions of African Americans moved out of the south to northern regions.