Picture of the explorer Christopher Columbus | This article provides an early American Timeline detailing the history, facts and information about the colonization of America in chronological order providing the dates and years of: - American Timeline of the Discovery of America and famous explorers
- American Timeline of the founding of the 13 Colonies
- American Timeline of the Pilgrims
- American Timeline of the British Laws and Acts that led to the American Revolution
- American Timeline of famous patriots
- American Timeline of the Government in early America history and the tax laws that lead to insurrection and rebellion
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American Timeline
The American Timeline covers the exploration and Discovery of America and the period in early American history dating from 1607 to 1776. This American Timeline has been developed to provide a 'snapshot' of the famous people and famous events in early American history. Important dates in a fast, comprehensive, chronological, or date order providing an actual sequence of important past events which were of considerable significance to the famous people involved in the history of Colonization of America. The American Timeline is the fastest and easiest way to gain a full overview of the major events and people involved in the early history of America. The American Timeline lists the most important historical events in date order - its clear, concise and easy to follow. The American Timeline also provides access to interesting articles of the key subjects and famous people who feature in the History of America and its colonization. 
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American Timeline - History Timeline
Discover interesting information and facts about the history of the US via the American Timeline. This article provides an early American Timeline detailing the history, facts and information about the colonization of America together with famous people, important events and key dates via this comprehensive early American Timeline. Important events in history in a fast date order format via the American Timeline with access to detailed articles about famous events and famous people who feature strongly in the history of America and this comprehensive American Timeline. The American Timeline provides the sequence of major events in American history. For comprehensive info about different topics refer to the Colonial America Sitemap American Timeline - Pre-Historic History Timeline
The American Timeline is divided into separate sections for easy reference. The American Timeline begins with the Paleo-Indian or Stone Age culture during which time the earliest human inhabitants of America lived in caves and were Nomadic hunters of large game including the Great Mammoth.
| American Timeline - History Timeline - Pre-Historic | | American Timeline - American History Timeline before the Europeans 
| American Timeline - the Earliest American Cultures |
| 10,000 B.C. | Paleo-Indian Era (Stone Age culture)
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| 9000 BC | The Clovis Culture
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| 7500 BC | The Folsom Culture
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| 7500 BC | The Eastern Woodland Culture of Fisher Hunters
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| 7000 BC | The Archaic Period
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| 4000 BC | The Old Copper culture | |
| 2500 BC | The Gulf Formational Period | |
| 2000 BC | The Pecos Culture
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| 1700 BC | The Mound Builders culture | |
| 1100 BC | The Anasazi cliff builders | |
| 1000 AD | Woodland Period - the Adena culture, the Hopewell and Mississippian Cultures
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American Timeline - The Discovery of America and the Early Explorers
This section of the American Timeline covers the Discovery of America and the early explorers who came to the New World from Europe. Follow the links to articles providing interesting facts and information about the famous explorers of this era in American history.
| American Timeline - Discovery of America | | American Timeline - History Timeline of the Early Explorers of America 
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| ca1000 | Leif Ericson
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| 1492 | Christopher Columbus | |
| 1497 | John Cabot | |
| 1499 | Amerigo Vespucci | |
| 1513 | Vasco de Balboa
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| 1513 | Ponce de Leon
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| 1520 | Ferdinand Magellan
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| 1519 | Hernando Cortes
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| 1524 | Giovanni da Verrazzano
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| 1534 | Jacques Cartier
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| 1539 | Hernando de Soto
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| 1540 | Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
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| 1562 | Jean Ribault
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| 1562 | Sir John Hawkins
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| 1577 | Sir Francis Drake
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| 1584 | Sir Walter Raleigh | |
| 1603 | Samuel de Champlain
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| 1609 | Henry Hudson
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American Timeline - History Timeline of the 1600's - First Thirteen Colonies
This section of the American Timeline covers the 1600's and the early colonization of America and the establishment of the First 13 colonies.
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| 160 6 | April 10, 1606 First Virginia Charter | |
| 1607 | Jamestown, Virginia.
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| 1609/10 | Starving Time
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| 1611 | Sir Thomas Dale and Good Order in Virginia
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| 1612 | John Rolfe
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| 1618 | The Headright System
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| 1619 | The first meeting of the Virginia House of Burgesses
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| 1620 | The Mayflower ship, the Mayflower Compact and the Pilgrims at the Plymouth Settlement
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| 1620 | Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1622 | Powhatan Wars
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| 1623 | New York Colony, was settled by the Dutch.
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| 1628 | Puritans formed the Massachusetts Bay Company
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| 1630 | The Great Migration
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| 1634 | Maryland Colony was settled.
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| 1636 | Connecticut Colony was initially settled colonists, led by Thomas Hooker
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| 1636 | Rhode Island Colony was settled
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| 1637 | The Pequot War
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| 1638 | Delaware Colony was settled
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| 1640 | The Quakers
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| 1640 | 1640 - 1701 The Beaver Wars, and Iroquois Confederacy
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| 1651 | 1651 1660 1663 The Navigation Acts.
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| 1663 | Carolina Colony was settled - See the Lords Proprietors and the Charter of Carolina
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| 1664 | New Jersey Colony was settled
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| 1673 | The Plantation Duty Act
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| 1675 | Bacon's Rebellion
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| 1675 | Declaration of the People
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| 1675 | King Philip's War.
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| 1679 | New Hampshire Colony
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| 1677 | Culpeper’s Rebellion
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| 1682 | Pennsylvania Colony
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| 1686 | The Dominion of New England.
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| 1688 | 1688 - 1763 The French and Indian Wars between France and Great Britain for lands in North America. Refer to the French in America
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| 1689 | Feb 13, 1689 The Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights
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| 1691 | Plymouth Settlement joined with the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1691 | Salem Witchcraft Trials
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| 1696 | Salutary Neglect
Triangular Trade
Slave Plantations
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The American Timeline moves on to great events of the 1700's including the Great Awakening, , the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, the Sons of Liberty, the Townshend Acts, the Tea Act, the Boston Tea Party and the Declaration of Independence . All of the years and dates of these famous events are detailed in the early American Timeline of the 1700's. | American Timeline - History Timeline - 1700's | | American Timeline - History Timeline covering events leading to the American Revolution
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| 1729 | North Carolina and South Carolina became separate royal colonies.
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| 1730 | 1730 The Great Awakening.
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| 1732 | The Hat Act | |
| 1733 | 1733 - Georgia Colony
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| 1754 | (1754-1763) French Indian War
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| 1763 | The Royal Proclamation of 1763
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| 1764 | Sugar Act
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| 1765 | The Stamp Act of 1765
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| 1765 | Quartering Act of 1765
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| 1765 | Sons of Liberty.
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| 1767 | Townshend Acts | |
| 1768 | Boston Nonimportation Agreement
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| 1770 | March 5, 1770 The Boston Massacre | |
| 1772 | Burning of the Gaspee
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| 1772 | Samuel Adams and the Committee of Correspondence
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| 1773 | May 10, 1773: Tea Act
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| 1774 | Boston Tea Party
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| 1774 | Intolerable (Coercive) Acts - March 31, 1774: Boston Port Act
- May 20, 1774: Massachusetts Government Act
- May 20, 1774: Administration Justice Act
- June 2, 1774: Quartering Act of 1774
- June 22, 1774: Quebec Act 1774
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| 1774 | September 5, 1774: The Continental Congress
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| 1774 | The Continental Association and the Articles of Association were were adopted on October 20, 1774.
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| 1774 | The Continental Presidents
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| 1775 | March 23, 1775 - Patrick Henry Speech "Give me liberty or give me death!" Read Revolutionary Timeline for major events leading to the war
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| 1775 | The American Revolution (1775-1783) ended the American Timeline - refer to: Causes of the American Revolutionary War
Revolutionary Battles
Facts about the Revolutionary War
Revolutionary War Timeline
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| 1776 | A document declaring the US to be independent of the British Crown was signed on July 4, 1776, by the congressional representatives of the 13 Colonies - 50 Facts about the Declaration of Independence
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