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Period: 200 to Sep 25, 1500
Pre-Columbian Era
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Oct 10, 1451
CC was born
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Period: Oct 10, 1451 to May 20, 1506
Christopher Columbus Born-Death
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Aug 3, 1492
1st Voyage
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Sep 25, 1493
2nd Voyage
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May 30, 1498
3rd Voyage
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May 9, 1502
4th Voyage
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May 20, 1506
Christopher Columbus's Death
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Roanoke
1st English COlony established. later failed -
Jamestown
John Smoth and other English settles establish Jamestown, VA -
Plymouth
Pilgrims land at Plymouth.. Pilgrims wish to seperate from the Anglican church -
Massachusetts Bay
Puritains founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony.. Puritains want a pure form of Anglican church religeion -
William Penn
William Penn receives charter for Pennsylvania -
New Amsterdam
England takes New Amsterdam from the dutch -
Salem
Samlem Witchcraft trials are held -
Population
circa 1700, Colonial population reaches 257,000 -
Stono
Enslaved Africans revolt in Stono Rebellion -
Population
Population of the english colonies passes the one million mark -
Proclamation of 1763 issued
Colonists could not settle west of the Appalachain Moutains -
Sugar Act passed
Placed a tax on sugar molasses and other products shipped to the colonies -
Quartering Act passed
Cost-Saving measure that made sure troops had a home and supplies -
Stamp Act passed
Required all documents to have a stamp showing that a tax had been paid. -
Stamp act repealed -- Declaratory Act passed
Had supreme authority to govern the colonies -
Townshend Act
Suspended New York for many various goods -
Boston Massacare
1,000 British soilders came over to boston -
Tea Act passed
Tea was being smuggled so the boston soilders put a act on tea called the tea act -
The Intolerable Acts
Conveient acts were so harsh that colonist called them the Intolerable acts -
British troops ordered to Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the Revolutionary War
