| A | B |
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| 1492 | Native Americans first encountered explorers; Christophe Columbus lands in the Bahamas |
| 1565 | St. Augustine, FL first permanent settlement in U.S. |
| Pedro Menedez | founded St. Augustine, FL settlement |
| What nationality was Pedro Menedez? | Spanish |
| St. Augustine, FL | first permanent settlement in U.S. |
| 1586 | English colony at Roanoake Island disappears |
| 1590 | Iroquois Confederacy established |
| Iroquois Confederacy | established to stop warfare among the Five Nations (Native American) |
| 1607 | First permanent English settlement at Jamestown, VA |
| Jamestown, VA | First permanent ENGLISH settlement |
| 1620 | Pilgrims land at Plymouth, Massachusetts |
| 1640 | BAY PSALM BOOK is the first book published in the colonies |
| BAY PSALM BOOK | first book published in the colonies |
| Harvard College | First college founded in America (in Massachusetts in 1636) |
| 1647 | Massachusetts establishes free public schools |
| 1636 | Harvard College founded in Massachusetts |
| Massachusetts | Which state first established free public schools |
| 1692 | Salem witchcraft trials; 20 people executed |
| 1741 | The Great Awakening: series of religious revivals sweeps the colonies |
| Great Awakening | the name of the extremely religious period in the colonies when revivals took control (1741) |
