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Timeline US Hitory
Question | Answer |
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28,000 BCE | first humans cross Bering strait |
10, 000 BCE | hunters reach present US area |
7,000 BCE | mammoths and mastdons become extinct |
4,000 BCE | knowldege of farming comes to N. America |
998 | Vikings reach L'abse aux Meadows |
1100 | Mound builders buid Cahokia |
1488 | Batholomeu Dias reaches cape horn |
1492 | columbus lands in san Salvador |
1797 | Vasco de Gama sailed to India |
1519-1522 | Magellan and crew sail around world |
1539 | De Sotos reaches Mississippi river |
1577 - 1580 | Francis Drake sails around the world |
1609-1610 | Henry Hudson explores hudson river and bay area |
1682 | La salle reaches mouth of Mississippi |
1493 | Columbus creates settlelment in Hispaniola |
1519 | Cortes conquers Aztecs |
1565 | Sp est, St Augustine |
1587 | Roanoke stttlers arrive |
1607 | Jamestown established |
1608 | Fr. est trading post in Quebec |
1609 | spanish settle Sante fe |
1616 | Netherlands sets up Ft. Nassau |
1620 | Pilgrims set up Plymouth colony |
1630 | Puritans set up Ma Bay Company |
1634 | Eng. settle maryland |
1636 | Eng set up Rhode Island |
1662 | Eng = Connecticut |
1718 | Fr est New orleans |
1733 | Eng settle georgia |