8th Grade Time Line 9/09
- 10,00-30,00 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 DaGama 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 De Vaca 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
- 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 ProvidenceRI
- 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
- 1776- Thomas Paine published “The Crisis” and “Common Sense”
- 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 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. 1969July 20- Neil Armstrong walked on the moon
106. 8th graders born 1996
107. September 11, 2001- Terrorist attack on the United States at the WorldTradeCenter, 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 ProvidenceRI
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