Events in American History(1000-1700)
By angnima
@angnima (772)
Nepal
January 21, 2007 10:15pm CST
1000 leif Ericsion sails into North American waters
1492 October 12, Christopher Columbus lands on San Salvador
Island in the Bahamas.
1607 First permanent English settlement established at
Jamestown,Virginia
1619 July 30,House of Burgesses,America's first elected
legislature,meets at Jamestown.
1620 Mayflower Compact establishes government by majority
will in Massachusetts settlement.
1636 October 28,America's first college,Harvard,founded at
Cambridge,Massachusetts.
1647 Massachusetts school of law lays foundation for free
public education.
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@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
25 Jan 07
Thank you for sharing that, I really need a review in history since I haven't studied it in a long time.