8th Grade Time Line 9/09

1. 10,00-30,00 Land Bridge 2. 1000 Leif Ericson arrives on North America 3. 250-900 Maya civilization 4. 500-1300 Anasazi empire 5. 1100-1500- Aztec empire 6. 1215 Magna Carta adopted 7. 1271- Marco Polo traveled to China 8. 1400-Prince Henry the Navigator starts school for sailors 9. 1400-1500- Pueblo 10. 1436-Johannes Gutenberg 11. 1438- Inca empire begins 12. 1488-Bartholomew Dias explores 13. 1492 Start of Columbus’ 4 voyages 14. 1497- John Cabot claims Nova Scotia 15. 1498- Michaelanglo carves the Pieta 16. 1498-Vasco DaGama explores 17. 1500’s Conquistadors arrive 18. 1513-Vasco Nunez de Balboa explores 19. 1513- Juan Ponce de Leon explores 20. 1519-Ferdinand Magellan explores 21. 1519-Cortes is greeted by Moctuzema 22. 1524- Giovanni da Verranzo explores 23. 1528- Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca explores 24. 1533- Francisco Pizarro conquers Inca empire 25. 1534-Jacques Cartier explores North America 26. 1540- Francisco Coronado explores 27. 1565-St. Augustine founded 28. 1570- Iroquois Confederacy 29. 1585- Roanoke colony founded 30. 1587- 1st English child Virginia Dare born August 18 31. 1588 Defeat of Spanish Armada 32. 1600 Horse introduced to America 33. 1604- Samuel de Champlain explores 34. 1607 April- Jamestown colony established 35. 1608- Quebec founded 36. 1609- Henry Hudson sails into New York harbor 37. 1611- William Shakespeare’ s “ The Tempest” is performed 38. 1612- John Rolfe introduces tobacco at Jamestown 39. 1614- Pocahantas married to John Rolfe 40. 1617-Pocahantas dies in England 41. 1619- 1st Africans come to America 42. 1619-House of Burgesses established 43. 1620- Plymouth colony established 44. 1621- 1st Thanksgiving celebrated 45. 1624- New Amsterdam established 46. 1626-Peter Minuet buys Manhattan 47. 1630-Puritans sail to North America 48. 1634- Lord Baltimore given charter to start Maryland 49. 1636- Thomas Hooker founds Connecticut(John Jennings) 50. 1637 Pequot War 51. 1638- Anne Hutchinson ousted from MA and finds Providence RI 52. 1663- 8 proprietors given charter to found Carolinas 53. 1664- New Netherland becomes New York 54. 1676-Metacom killed 55. 1681- William Penn given charter 56. 1682- Robert LaSalle claims Louisiana for France 57. 1686- Kit arrives in Wethersfield 58. 1700’s Triangular trade 59. 1706 January 17- B. Franklin born 60. 1732-James Ogelthorpe given charter to found Georgia 61. 1702 February 22- G. Washington born 62. 1735-Trial of John Peter Zenger 63. 1743-Thomas Jefferson born 64. 1754- French and Indian War 65. 1754 June 14- Albany Plan 66. 1763- Treaty of Paris 67. 1763-Proclamation of 1763 68. 1765- Stamp Act 69. 1767- Townsend Acts 70. 1770 March 5- Boston Massacre 71. 1773 December- Boston Tea Party 72. 1774- Intolerable Acts instituted 73. 1774 September 5- 1st Continental Congress met 74. 1775 April 19th- Battle of Lexington and Concord 75. 1775 May- 2nd Continental Congress meet 76. 1775 May 19th- Olive Branch Petition 77. 1775 June-Battle of Bunker Hill 78. 1776- Thomas Paine published “The Crisis” and “Common Sense” 79. 1776 July 4th- Declaration of Independence signed 80. 1776 December 26- Battle of Trenton 81. 1777 October 17- Battle of Saratoga 82. 1778 Feb.6- France entered the war 83. 1779 Sept. 23- John Paul Jones on Bonhomme Richard vs. Serapis 84. 1781 Battle of Yorktown 85. 1781 March 1st- Articles of Confederation 86. 1787- Continental Cong. meets to discuss revision of Articles of Confederation 87. 1789-Constitution approved 88. 1792- Brokers sign the Buttonwood Agreement 89. 1799- G. Washington dies 90. 1803- Louisiana Purchase 91. 1804- Lewis & Clark and Corp of Discovery 92. 1846- War with Mexico 93. 1848- Gold Rush in California 94. 1861- Civil War begins 95. 1865- Civil War ends/ Lincoln assassinated 96. 1876- Statue of Liberty 97. 1892-Ellis Island opens 98. 1898-Spanish-American War 99. 1914-WWI starts 100. 19th Amendment to Constitution added 101. 1929- Stock Market crash 102. 1931- Star Spangled Banner adopted 103. 1941 December 7- Pearl Harbor bombed 104. 1945- United Nations opens its headquarters in New York City 105. 1969 July 20- Neil Armstrong walked on the moon 106. 8th graders born 1996 107. September 11, 2001- Terrorist attack on the United States at the World Trade Center, NYC 5th Grade Time Line

10,000-30,000 Land Bridge

1000 - Leif Ericson arrives on North America 250-900 Maya civilization

500-1300 Anasazi empire

1100-1500- Aztec empire

1215 Magna Carta adopted 1271- Marco Polo traveled to China 1400-Prince Henry the Navigator starts school for sailors 1400-1500- Pueblo 1436-Johannes Gutenberg 1438- Inca empire begins 1488-Bartholomew Dias explores 1492 Start of Columbus’ 4 voyages 1497- John Cabot claims Nova Scotia 1498- Michaelanglo carves the Pieta 1498-Vasco Da Gama explores 1500’s Conquistadors arrive 1513-Vasco Nunez de Balboa explores 1513- Juan Ponce de Leon explores 1519-Ferdinand Magellan explores 1519-Cortes is greeted by Moctuzema 1524- Giovanni da Verranzo explores 1528- Alvar Nunez Cabeza DeVaca explores 1533- Francisco Pizarro conquers Inca empire 1534-Jacques Cartier explores North America 1540- Francisco Coronado explores 1565-St. Augustine founded 1570- Iroquois Confederacy 1585- Roanoke colony founded 1587- 1st English child Virginia Dare born August 18 1588 Defeat of Spanish Armada 1600 Horse introduced to America 1604- Samuel de Champlain explores 1607 April- Jamestown colony established 1608- Quebec founded 1609- Henry Hudson sails into New York harbor 1611- William Shakespeare’ s “ The Tempest” is performed

1612- John Rolfe introduces tobacco at Jamestown 1614- Pocahantas married to John Rolfe 1617-Pocahantas dies in England 1619- 1st Africans come to America 1619-House of Burgesses established 1620- Plymouth colony established 1621- 1st Thanksgiving celebrated 1624- New Amsterdam established 1626-Peter Minuet buys Manhattan 1629-Massachusetts Bay Colony founded 1630-Puritans sail to North America 1634- Lord Baltimore given charter to start Maryland 1636- Thomas Hooker founds Connecticut(John Jennings) 1637 Pequot War 1638- Anne Hutchinson ousted from MA and finds Providence RI 1663- 8 proprietors given charter to found Carolinas 1664- New Netherland becomes New York 1676-Metacom killed 1681- William Penn given charter

1682- Robert LaSalle claims Louisiana for France 1686- Kit arrives in Wethersfield 1700’s Triangular trade 1706 January 17- B. Franklin born 1732-James Ogelthorpe given charter to found Georgia 1702 February 22- G. Washington born 1735-Trial of John Peter Zenger 1743-Thomas Jefferson born 1754- French and Indian War 1754 June 14- Albany Plan 1763- Treaty of Paris 1763-Proclamation of 1763 1765- Stamp Act 1767- Townsend Acts 1770 March 5- Boston Massacre 1773 December- Boston Tea Party 1774- Intolerable Acts instituted 1774 September 5- 1st Continental Congress met 1775 April 19th- Battle of Lexington and Concord 1775 May- 2nd Continental Congress meet 1775 May 19th- Olive Branch Petition 1775 June-Battle of Bunker Hill 1775 May 19th- Olive Branch Petition 1776 July 4th- Declaration of Independence signed 1776 December 26- Battle of Trenton 1777 October 17- Battle of Saratoga 1778 Feb.6- France entered the war 1779 Sept. 23- John Paul Jones on Bonhomme Richard vs. Serapis 1781 Battle of Yorktown 1781 March 1st- Articles of Confederation 1787- Continental Congress meets to discuss revision of Articles of Confederation 1789-Constitution approved 1792- Brokers sign the Buttonwood Agreement 1799- G. Washington dies 1803- Louisiana Purchase 1804- Lewis & Clark and Corp of Discovery 1846- War with Mexico 1848- Gold Rush in California 1861- Civil War begins 1865- Civil War ends/ Lincoln assassinated 1876- Statue of Liberty 1892-Ellis Island opens 1898-Spanish-American War 1914-WWI starts 1920- 19th Amendment to Constitution added 1929- Stock Market crash 1931- Star Spangled Banner adopted 1941 December 7- Pearl Harbor bombed 1945- United Nations opens its headquarters in New York City

1969 July 20- Neil Armstrong walked on the moon

1996- 5th graders born