Unit 1 Timeline - HE11

  • Period: Dec 7, 1400 to Dec 7, 1492

    Native American origin myths created pre-1492

  • Aug 13, 1492

    Columbus discovers Americas

  • Dec 9, 1503

    Mona Lisa completed

  • Dec 9, 1508

    Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel finished

  • Apr 2, 1513

    Ponce de Leon lands in Florida

  • Aug 15, 1521

    Cortez conqueres Mexico for Spain

  • Aug 15, 1533

    Spanish conquer Incan Empire

  • Sep 9, 1565

    Spanish establish St. Augustine

  • Roanoke disappers

  • Hamelt written

  • Jamestown founded by the English

  • King James Bible finished

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    Thirty Years War in Europe

  • Seperatists land in American and found Plymouth Colony

  • Massechusetts Bay Colony established

  • Maryland founded

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    "To My Dear and Loving Husband" written by Anne Bradstreet

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    English Civil War

  • Milton's "Paradise Lost" written

    Considered the greatest English epic poem of all time
  • Huswifery written by Edward Taylor

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    Sir Richard's Almanac published

  • Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

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    French and Indian War

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    Revolutionary War

  • "Common Sense" Released

  • Declaration of Independence

  • "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano"

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    Nepoleonic Wars

  • Star Spangled Banner written