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Jan 1, 1001
Viking Land in America
The first Europeans to arrive in the Americas were the Norse or Vikings, a people who came from Scandinavi. Leif Ericsson and 35 other Vikings explored the coast of labrador and stayed the winter in Newfoundland. -
Aug 1, 1492
Columbus 1st Attempt to America
Columbus and his three ships left Spain in august 1992. They landed in the Bahamas probably on what is today Watling Island. he called the Taina people he met Indians because he thought he had reached the Indies. Columbus also found the Islands of cuba and Hispaniola. he returned to spain with gold, parrots, spices, native americans. -
Nov 12, 1493
Columbus 2nd Attempt to America
Columbus soon left for his second voyage with 17 ships and 1200 colonist. he landed in hispaniol. many of the colonist felt that Columbus had misled them with promises of gold, so they returned to spain. Columbus stayedand found some gold. his brother bartholomew stayed and founded Sante Domingo In Hispaniola. -
Jun 19, 1498
Columbus 3rd Attempt to America
3rd journey was bring supplies for the settlement and explore further south. It was May 30, 1498 when Christopher Columbus went from Spain, this time from the port of Sanlucar, with 6 vessels. The group of ships landed on June 19 at the Canary Islands, this was after a brief stop at Madeira and Porto Santo. -
May 30, 1513
Juan Ponce De Leon
Juan Ponce de Leon the spanish govener of puerto rico discovered Florida in 1513. -
May 15, 1517
Hernan Cortes
Cortes lead an expedition to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico to find people who could be forced to work. When they landed they attacked by thousands of warriors near by. The spanish with their swords, guns, and cannons helped them easily kill 200 warriors. -
Dec 31, 1528
Panfilo de Narvaez
Searched northern Florida to find a rumored city of gold. -
Mar 6, 1532
Franciso Pizarro
He was a Spanish army captain, began to explore the Inca empire on the western coast of south america. he took the powerful inca emperors prisoner and executed him a year later. many incas didnt accept the new system and continued to fight the spanish until 1572. -
Feb 2, 1540
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
he led expedition to find Seven Golden Cities of Cibola that were rumored to exist north of New Spain. He didnt find these cities but did explore much of what is present day southwestern United States. -
Oct 23, 1540
Hernando de Soto
explored parts of a region north of present-day Florida. His expedition killed many native americans and raided their villages for supplies. -
Jan 2, 1550
Economic Changes in England
England was producing mare wool than European would buy, and the price fell -
New France is Founded
fur particularly beaver fur had become very fashionable europe -
James is Founded
England granted the Virginia Company permission to establish colonies in Virginia -
The Pilgrim Land at Plymouth
Pilgrims landed at the Cape Cod. They sailed on the Mayflower. They were Seperatist. -
The Mayflower Compact
Squanto Teaches the England to hunt, fish, and plant corn. Negotiates peace with the Woapanoag. Three day harvest became Thanksgiving -
Rhode Island and Religious Dissent
Roger Williams stood up for Native Americans was separatist (believe in total seperationfrom the Angelican church) -
Puritans Found Massachusetts
John Winthrop rich attorney, puritans, stockholder, in Mass. Bay Colony, finanaced migration to America. He thinks they would provide an example to the world Great migration 20,000 settleers arrived in New England. Winthrop becomes govenor had the rules of the colony. -
Maryland Slavery
Maryland became the first colony to recognize slavery. Then virgina enacted a slave code a set of laws that regulated slavery and defined the relationship between the enslaved and free people. Slavery was now a recognized and accepted institution -
Maryland Toleration Act
The act granted religious toleration to all Christians in Maryland and was intended to protect the catholic minority from the protestants -
Tobacco
Tobacco became the South's first successful cash crop -
Sir William Berkeley
Sir William Berkley Governor of Virgina. Dominated Virgina state societies. -
Rice & Indigo
Rice and Indigo was the main cash crop of South Carolina -
New England Climate
New England also had dense forest making lumber a thriving industry. The fall line where water falls appear providing power for the sawmills. -
New England Rivers
The rivers transported the lumber to the coast for shipment lumber was also used for making barrels ships and furniture -
Indentured Servents
Many people from England were willing to become indentured servents in the U.S.COlonist would pay their cost of transportation, food, clothing, and shelter -
Ane Hutchinson Is Banished
She said she was spoken to by God.That was against the Puritan belief. She move to Pocasset( later know as Portsmouth RI) -
Bacon's Rebell
War erupted between the backcountry settlers and native americans. Berkeley wanted nothing with it. Under the leadership of Nathaniel Bacon, the backcountry farmers farmers attacked Native Americans, Bacon was popular and this led to the house of Burgess restoring the vote to all free me. Bacon rebelled but the overthrow fell short when Bacon become sick and died -
Puritans In New England
Puritans in New England were expected to attend Sunday worship at the meeting house and obey strict rules. These rules included watching over a neighbors behavior -
Trade and the Rise Of Cities Part 1
England didnt want goods New England produced. New England wanted Englands goods; so New England had to sell their products elsewhere in exchange for goods England wanted -
Triangular Trade
New England took their goods to the carribean and recieved raw sugar or bills of exchange would then be traded to England for goods. This was known as the Triangular Trade -
The Colony Of Rhode Island
Becomes a refuge for religious freedom -
The River Towns Of Connecticut
Thomas Hooker leave Mass. for Connecticut. Settlers and native americans lived alongside one another. Hart Ford Est. states that all male europeans are allowed to vote not just church memebers -
Society in the Middle Colonies
The middle colonies was full of fertile farmland. Surplus crops were produced and wheat became a cash crop. Rivers allowed farmers to transport their products to large ships. Two towns that arose where rivers emptied into the ocean were New York and Philadelphia -
South Carolina
By the 1690's planters in S.C. were importing Africans to cultivate rice. -
Gentry
Plantation system created a society with distinct social classes. The Gentry lived on self-sufficent communities known Plantations. By this time planters switched from indentured servents to slave laborers. -
New England
New England was located near the Grand Banks, a shallow region of the Atlantic Ocean with an abundance of sea life. Fishing and Whaling become an inportant industry. -
Family Life In Colonial America
The colonial population increased due to large families and the migration of immigrants. Women in the colonies, particularly married women had no rights. A married woman owned nothing
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Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather with the aid of African Slaves conducted a successful experiment treating smallpox -
German Immigrants
german immigrants settled in pa looking for religious freedom. these immigrants became known as the PA Dutch and were excellent farmers -
Scotch- Irish Immigrants
The scotch- irish immigrated to the colonies to escape rising taxes, poor harvests, and religious discrimination. -
Jewish Immigrants
Jews arrived in the colonies, seeking and opportunity to practice their religion without persecution. -
Enlightenment - European Awakening
the enlightenment was a European cultured movement that challenged the authority of the church and elevated the power of human reason. The new emphasis on logic was baked rationalism -
John Locke
John Locke was t6he premier enlightment writer. He argued that all people had rights -
Africans in Colonial America
African Slaves attempted to maintain their language and traditions. Africanism south carolina worked on rice plantation isolated they were able to develop a culture with its own language Gullah
