Chapter 1-4 - Dates Flashcards
1492
Columbus (Italian for Spain)
1488
Bartholomeu Dias sails around Cape of Good Hope
1498
Vasco de Gama (Portugal) sails to India
1521
Hernan Cortes defeat Mexica people led by Montezuma
1532
Francisco Pizarro defeat Inca
1587
Founding of “lost” British colony Roanoke
1607
Jamestown Colony founded
1620
Founding of Plymouth Colony
Signing of Mayflower Compact
1630
Founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony
1630-1640
“The Great Migration” of Puritans to Massachusetts
1636
Founding of Rhode Island colony
1639
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
1649
Act of Religious Toleration in Maryland
1675
King Phillip’s War
1676
Bacon’s Rebellion
1688
The Glorious Revolution
1692
Salem Witch Trials
1733
Molasses Act
1739
Stono Rebellion