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July 4: Adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. 1776–83 – American Revolution. 1783 – September: Britain signs the Treaty of Paris, recognizing American independence. [3] November 25: The British evacuate New York, marking the end of British rule, and General George Washington triumphantly returns with the Continental Army.
1598: Failed French settlement on Sable Island off Nova Scotia. 1598: Spanish settlement in Northern New Mexico. 1600: By 1600 Spain and Portugal were still the only significant colonial powers. North of Mexico the only settlements were Saint Augustine and the isolated outpost in northern New Mexico.
United States: Settlers were left on the island on August 17, 1585. [13] 1587-1623 Mantle Site: Ontario Canada Massive late Woodland Huron-Wendat village site, with trade links reaching as far as Newfoundland. 1596 Monterrey: Nuevo León: Mexico 1597 Portobelo: Colón: Panama 1598 Parras: Coahuila: Mexico 1598 Española: New Mexico United States
c. 1000–1050: Scandinavians briefly settled Vinland (likely l'Anse aux Meadows on the Canadian Maritime island of Newfoundland) early in the century and perhaps ventured as far south as New England. [7] [8] [9] 1000–1200: Acoma Pueblo and Old Oraibi are established, become the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States ...
Alarmed, the United States offered to buy New Orleans. Napoleon needed funds to wage another war with Great Britain, and he doubted that France could defend such a huge and distant territory. He therefore offered to sell all of Louisiana for $15 million. The United States completed the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, doubling the size of the nation ...
1508 – First European colony and oldest known European settlement in a United States territory is founded at Caparra, Puerto Rico, by Ponce de Leon. 1512 – Laws of Burgos; 1513 – Vasco Núñez de Balboa crosses isthmus of Panama, sees the Pacific Ocean. 1513 – Juan Ponce de León defeats Tlaxcala, a small state neighboring the Aztec Empire.
This is a timeline of events related to the settlement of Jamestown, in what today is the U.S. state of Virginia. Dates use the Old Style calendar (e.g., the settlement naming occurred 4 May 1607 [ O.S. 14 May 1607]).
This timeline of the American Old West is a chronologically ordered list of events significant to the development of the American West as a region of the continental United States. The term "American Old West" refers to a vast geographical area and lengthy time period of imprecise boundaries, and historians' definitions vary.