CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE................... 1000 (circa) | The Northmen reach America. |
1492 | Columbus lands at Watling’s Island. |
1497 | John Cabot lands near the mouth of the St. Lawrence. |
1498 | Voyage of Sebastian Cabot. |
1499–1503 | Americus Vespucius makes four voyages to America. |
1512 | Ponce de Leon discovers Florida. |
1513 | Balboa discovers the Pacific. |
1520 | Magellan passes the straits named after him. |
1541 | De Soto discovers the Mississippi River. |
1562–1564 | Huguenots in South Carolina and Florida. |
1565 | St. Augustine, Florida, founded by the Spanish. |
1577–1580 | Drake makes his voyage round the world. |
1584–1587 | Sir Walter Raleigh sends out colonists. |
1607 | Founding of Jamestown, Virginia. |
1608 | Champlain founds Quebec. |
1609 | Hudson discovers the Hudson River. |
1614 | The Dutch settle on Manhattan Island. |
1620 | Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. |
1626 | The Dutch found New Amsterdam (New York City). |
1630 | Winthrop leads Puritan emigration to Massachusetts. |
1632 | Charter for Maryland granted the second Lord Baltimore. |
1634 | St. Mary’s, Maryland, founded. |
1635 | Settlements made in Connecticut. |
1636 | Roger Williams founds Providence, Rhode Island. |
1636 | Harvard College founded. |
1638 | Swedes occupy Delaware. |
1639 | Constitution of Connecticut framed. |
1643 | New England Confederacy established. |
1663 | Government organized in North Carolina. |
1664 | The English seize New Netherland and settle in New Jersey. |
1670 | Settlement in South Carolina. Charleston founded. |
1674–1676 | King Philip’s War. |
1676 | Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia. |
1682 | La Salle explores Mississippi River. |
1682 | Philadelphia founded. |
1689–1697 | King William’s War. |
1690 | Colonial Congress at New York. |
1692 | William and Mary College (Virginia) founded. |
1701 | Yale College founded. |
1702–1703 | Queen Anne’s War. |
1718 | The French found New Orleans. |
1744–1748 | King George’s War. |
1745 | Capture of Louisburg. |
1746 | Princeton College founded. |
1748 | Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. |
1754 | King’s (Columbia) College founded. |
1754 | French and Indian War begins (ends 1763). |
1763 | The Conspiracy of Pontiac. |
1765 | The Stamp Act passed. |
1768 | British troops in Boston. |
1774 | First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia. |
1775 | Battles of Lexington and Concord. Siege of Boston. Battle of Bunker Hill. |
1775 | Mecklenburg Resolutions. |
1776 | Declaration of Independence. |
1777 | Victories of Princeton, Bennington, and Saratoga. Defeats of Brandywine and Germantown. Washington at Valley Forge. |
1778 | France becomes an ally of the... |
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