HISTORY DATES Flashcards
When did Christoper Columbus set out on a voyage?
In 1492
When did Gutenberg invent the Printing press
In 1445
When was the reformation
In the 16th century
When was Jamestown (Britain’s first colony) established?
1607
When was the Boston tea party?
in 1773
When did the Revolutionary war begin?
1775
When did America win independance?
1783
When did Vasco Da Gama discover how to get to India from Europe?
In 1497
When did the Indian Mutiny begin?
In 1857
When was India directly ruled by British Government?
In 1858
When did Captain James Cook sail to Australia?
1770
When was the Penal colony established in Austrailia (new south wales)
In 1788
When did English merchants start the transatlantic slave trade?
Around 1650
When did the Underground railroad grow
During the 1800s
When did Harriet Tubman escape?
In 1849
When was the first autobiography written by a black woman (Mary Prince)
1831
WHEN WAS SLAVERY ABOLISHED IN BRITAIN (important)
1833
When was the slave trade act?
1807
When did the Civil War begin and end?
1861-1865
When was Lincoln elected?
1860
When was the 13th amendment (abolishment of slavery)?
1865
When was the 14th amendment (made freed enslaved people citizens)?
1866
When was the 15th amendment (African Americans can vote)
1870
When was the emancipation proclamation?
1863
When was the Reconstruction?
1865-1875
When was the Early modern period
1450-1750
