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Explorers to 1815
Veritas History Cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prince Henry the Navigator | 1394–1460 |
| Columbus Sails to the New World | 1492 |
| Magellan Circumnavigates the Earth | 1519–1522 |
| Cortez, de Soto, de Leon, and Coronado, the Spanish Explorers | 1513–1538 |
| Explorers of the Northeast, Cartier, Champlain, and Cabot | 1497–1603 |
| Raleigh Settles Roanoke | 1585 |
| Jamestown is Founded in Virginia | 1607 |
| The Mayflower Lands at Plymouth | 1620 |
| Pilgrims Build Plymouth Colony | 1621 |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony, Home of the Puritans | 1630 |
| Roger Williams, Founder of Rhode Island | 1636 |
| Salem Witch Trials | 1692 |
| Thirteen Colonies Formed | 1620–1733 |
| The First Great Awakening | 1740–1742 |
| Colonial Trading with England | c. 1750 |
| The French and Indian Wars | 1754–1763 |
| Parliament Acts Unjustly | 1764–1774 |
| The First Continental Congress Seeks Peace with Britain | 1774 |
| The War for Independence Begins | 1775 |
| British Lose at Bunker Hill | 1775 |
| America Declares its Independence | 1776 |
| Washington Commands the Continental Army | 1775–1781 |
| Winter at Valley Forge | 1777–1778 |
| Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris | 1781, 1783 |
| The Constitutional Convention | 1787 |
| America’s Founding Fathers | c. 1788 |
| Washington, Our First President | 1789 |
| The Louisiana Purchase from France | 1803 |
| The Lewis & Clark Expedition | 1805 |
| The Second Great Awakening | 1799–1830 |
| The War of 1812 | 1812 |
| The Missouri Compromise | 1820 |