APUSH DATES for Mr. Hurt

1492

Columbus comes to New World

1494

Treaty of Tordesillas – establishes Line of Demarcation

1512

Encomienda System established – slavery system to Native Americans

1519

Hernando Cortez destroys Aztecs in Mexico

1525

First Ship of Slaves come to Americas

1532

Francisco Pizzaro DESTROYS Incans in Peru

1550

Bartolome de Las Casas – natural rights of Native Americans

1587

Colony of Roanoke Established (And LOST)

1607

Jamestown Founded – John Smith/Joint Stock Company-Virginia Co.

1609

Starving Times in Jamestown – John Smith gone and colonists suffering

1610

Anglo-Powhatan War – War between Jamestown colonist vs Powhatan Tribe

1619

House of Burgesses – 1 st representative assembly

Also when slavery introduced to Americas

1620

Mayflower Compact – 1st self-government

1630

Great Migration – Puritans establishing Massachusetts Bay Colony

1637

Pequot War – Connecticut English vs Pequot War (2 year war/destroys Pequot)

1639

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut – 1st Constitution

1649

Act of Toleration (Maryland) – Catholics and Protestants sign peace agreement

1675

King Philip’s War – New England colonist clash with Metacom

1676

Bacon’s Rebellion – switch from indentured servants to African slaves

1692

Salem Witch Trials – Massachusetts witch hunt leads to 18 deaths

1730s/40s

First Great Awakening – religious revival in colonies

1754

French and Indian War (7 Years War)

Ends with Treaty of Paris

Ends 1763