Timeline Project 1490-1769
Category: Other
Updated: 19 Dec 2018
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Created byEmma Maxwell
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Christopher Columbus
Sailed the ocean blue in 1492Treaty of Tordesillas
The division of the new landJohn Cabot
Italian navigator and explorerFerdinand Magellan
The first circumnavigationAmerigo Vespucci
Italian navigator who discovered Rio de JanerioJacques Cartier
Sent to the new worldHernando de Soto
The conquest of PeruSir Francis Drake
Completed the first full circumnavigation around the worldWalter Raleigh
Captain of the Queen's guardCaptain John Smith
".. master and owner of his owne labour and land."Jamestown
Land of VirginiaHenry Hudson
Explorations of America and CanadaHouse of Burgesses
22 burgesses from various plantations and villagesMayflower Compact
Homes in the new landPequot War
Pequot tribe vs colonistsNavigation Act
Acts passed to tighten government's control on tradeKing Philips War
One of the bloodiest conflicts in US historyBacon’s Rebellion
Uprising against new lawsQueen Anne’s War
War fought for landFirst Great Awakening
A new birthKing George’s War
3rd Frech and Indian warFrench and Indian War
Seven year warSugar Act
The tax on sugarPontiac’s Rebellion
Tribes against Great BritainProclamation of 1763
First measure to affect all 13 coloniesStamp Act
No taxation without representationQuartering Act
Soldiers live in Ameerican homesSons of Liberty
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