Timeline of pre–United States history

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This section of the timeline of United States history concerns events from before the lead up to the American Revolution (c.1760).

Contents

Antiquity

988–1490

1492–1499

Landing of Columbus, 1847 by John Vanderlyn, depicts Christopher Columbus landing in the New World. Landing of Columbus (2) (cropped).jpg
Landing of Columbus, 1847 by John Vanderlyn, depicts Christopher Columbus landing in the New World.

1500–1599

1600–1699

1600s

1610s

1620s

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The Mayflower in Plymouth.

1630s

Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, the founder of Maryland Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, by Gerard Soest (1670).jpg
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, the founder of Maryland

1640s

1650s

1660s

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New Amsterdam is captured by the English

1670s

1680s

1690s

1700–1759

1700s

1710s

1720s

1730s

1740s

1750s

See Timeline of the American Revolution for events starting from 1760.

See also

References

  1. "The Oldest Weapon Discovered in North America is a 15,000-Year-Old Spearhead". 31 October 2018.
  2. Birgitta Wallace, "The Norse in Newfoundland: L'Anse aux Meadows and Vinland." Newfoundland and Labrador Studies 19.1 (2005). online Archived 2014-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Hopi Places". Cline Library, Northern Arizona University.
  4. Casey, Robert L. Journey to the High Southwest. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 2007: 382. ISBN   978-0-7627-4064-2.