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Beginnings to 1750

Beginnings to 1750. Timeline: 1490 to 1750. 1492 Christopher Columbus, a native of the Republic of Genoa in Italia, is commissioned by the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille sets sail on the the first of four exploratory journeys.

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Beginnings to 1750

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  1. Beginnings to 1750

  2. Timeline: 1490 to 1750 • 1492 • Christopher Columbus, a native of the Republic of Genoa in Italia, is commissioned by the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castillesets sail on the the first of four exploratory journeys. • August 3: Columbus sails from Europe to Asia via the Atlantic Ocean. • October 12: Columbus lands in the Bahamas.

  3. Timeline: 1490 to 1750 • Upon his arrival, Columbus encountered several hundred tribes of “Native Americans.” • Native Americans actually originated in Asia, travelling across the Bering Strait to reach North, South, and Central America. • Native Americans had probably been living in the Americas thousands of years prior to European exploration.

  4. Timeline: 1490 to 1750 • 1513 • Juan Ponce de Léon lands on the Florida peninsula. • 1515 • Vasco Nüñez de Balboa reaches the Pacific Ocean. • 1540 • Francisco Vázquez de Coronado explores the Southwest.

  5. Timeline: 1490 to 1750 • 1565 • Founded by Pedro Menendez, St. Augustine, Florida, becomes the first permanent European settlement in the soon-to-be United States.

  6. Timeline: 1490 to 1750 • 1586 • The English Colony at Roanoke Island disappears—and thus becomes known as the Lost Colony.

  7. Timeline: 1490 to 1750 • 1607 • The first permanent English settlement is established: Jamestown, Virginia.

  8. Timeline: 1490 to 1750 • 1620 • Pilgrims land at Plymouth, Massachusetts.

  9. Timeline: 1490 to 1750 • 1675 • King Philip (Metacom), chief of the Wampanoags, begins raiding New England frontier towns.

  10. Timeline: 1490 to 1750 • 1692 • The Salem Witch Trials result in the unlawful execution of twenty people.

  11. Timeline: 1490 to 1750 • 1741 • Great Awakening, a series of religious revivals, begins to sweep the colonies. • Jonathan Edwards first delivers his sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.

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