Unit 2 Timeline

  • 33,000 BCE

    First Humans Cross into Americas from Asia

  • 33,000 BCE

    First Humans Cross into Americas from Asia

  • 4000 BCE

    First civilized societies develop in the Middle East

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus lands in the Bahamas

  • Sep 19, 1513

    Balboa claims all lands touched by the Pacific Ocean for Spain

  • Sep 19, 1558

    Elizabeth I becomes queen of England

  • Sep 19, 1558

    England defeats Spanish Armada

  • Virginia colony founded in Jamestown

  • First Anglo-Powhatan War ends

  • Virginia becomes royal colony

  • Maryland colony founded

  • Second Anglo-Powhatan War

  • Barbados slave code adopted

  • Carolina colony created

  • Gorgia colony founded