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100
About 6 B.C.
Jesus of Nazareth is born. His teachings become the basis of christianity. -
Period: 100 to Sep 25, 1500
Pre-columbian eara
Columbus's voyages and achievements. -
200
200s
The Maya are using hieroglyphic writing. -
476
476
Western Roman Empire ends. Over time, Europe splits into small kindoms. -
Sep 9, 600
Early 600s
Muhammad begins the religion of Islam in Arabia. -
Sep 9, 1096
1096
Europeans begin the Crusades to capture the Holy Land from the followers of Islams. -
Sep 9, 1100
City of Cahokia
The City of Cahokia flourishes in what is now Illonois. -
Sep 9, 1200
1200s
The Aztecs conquer much of centeral Mexico. -
Sep 9, 1324
1324
Mansa Musa, emperor of Mali, travels to the Islams holy city. World of his gold spreads to Europe. -
Mar 6, 1451
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was born. -
Sep 9, 1481
1481
Portuguese traders begin to build a fort near Benin in Africa. -
Aug 3, 1492
Christoper's first Voyage
On his first voyage, Columbus landed in what he thought was India, but it turned out to be what is now America. -
Sep 25, 1494
Columbuses 2nd voyage
Columbus's 2nd voyage took him to Hispanolia(Hati) where he fought natives for their land. He claimed the land for Queen Isabella. -
Sep 25, 1497
Columbus's third voyage
His third voyage was an exploration of the Cape Verde Islands that was proclaimed by King John 11. -
Sep 27, 1502
Columbus's 4th voyage
Columbus made a fouth voyage mainly to find a westward passage to the Indian Ocean. He was sent by Queen Elizibeth. -
May 6, 1507
Columbus's death
Columbus died, because a heart attack. -
Roanoke
!st English colony established......Later failed. -
Jamestown
John Smith and other settlers established Jamestown, VA. -
Pocahontas
Pocahontas saves John Smiths life. -
Plymouth
Pilgrims land at Plymouth....Pilgrims wish to separate from Anglican Church. -
Massachusetts Bay
Puritans founded the Massachusetts Bay colony founded....... Want a more pure form of the Anglican Church. -
Willam Penn
William Penn recieves charter for Pennsylvannia. -
New Amsterdam
New England takes New Amsterdam from the Dutch. -
Salem
Salem Witch trials are held. -
Population
Colonial America population reaches 257,000. -
Stono
Enslaved Africans revolt in the Stono Rebellion. -
Population
Population of Colonial America reaches 1 million mark. -
Proclamation of 1763 issued
The proclamation was issued to keep American settlers from settling on the Appalachian Mountains due to dangerous Indians. -
Sugar Act passed
The Sugar Act was passed by King George to have the American colonists to pay them so Britian could pay off thier war debt. Taxed tea and molassas also. -
Stamp Act passed
King George passed the stamp act to keep colonists from smuggling illegal goods. -
Quartering Act passed
King George III passed the Quartering Act to have colonists house British troops after the war so they don't have to pay them to stay in a camp. They also don't have to buy food. -
Stamp Act released--Declaratory Act passed
The Stamp Act was repealed after the Boston Tea Party, when coloists dressed up as indians and dumped Tea into the Boston Harbor. The Declaratory Act punished the colonists for the money lost from the Tea Party. -
Townstead Acts
The British also placed the Townstead Acts after the Boston Tea Party for a punishment. Taxes where placed on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre, --Same day Townstead Acts repealed
The Boston Massacre occured when 5 British soilders where walking through the streets of Boston and where confronted by several colonists who began to hurle rocks and insults and the soilders. The soilders felt unsafe and began to fire at the colonists. The news press over exaggerated and said that they lined up to shot them. The soilders went to court and where found inocent. This helped in the making of the Townstead Acts being repealed. -
Tea Act passed
The British were being boycotted and non of the colonists where buying any tea so the Act was basicly useless. -
Intolerable Acts passed
Colonists rose up and started riots to end the final Act. -
British Troops sent to Lexington and Concord
British was losing control of the Coloines and they wanted to take them by force. -
Delaware
Delaware was founded. -
800s
Maize is widely grown in what in now the southeastern United States.
