Colonial America
Colonial-Era Events
1,718 events, page 1 of 35 - 1492 to early statehood
19,000 BC
Evidence of Human Occupation in California
California · Other · Pre-Columbian
13,000 BC
First Human Habitation of California
California · Other · Pre-Columbian
12,000 BC
Indigenous Settlement of Missouri Begins
Missouri · Settlement · Pre-Columbian
11,500 BC
Clovis People Inhabit South Carolina
South Carolina · Other · Pre-Columbian
11,000 BC
Paleo-Indians Arrive in New Jersey Region
New Jersey · Other · Pre-Columbian
11,000 BC
Paleo-Indians First Settle Present-Day Arizona
Arizona · Settlement · Pre-Columbian
11,000 BC
Earliest Human Occupation of Great Basin
Nevada · Other · Pre-Columbian
10,900 BC
Cooper Bison Skull Found in Harper County
Oklahoma · Other · Pre-Columbian
10,500 BC
Paleo-Indian Culture Appears in West Virginia
West Virginia · Other · Pre-Columbian
10,000 BC
Paleo-Indians Settle Arizona
Arizona · Settlement · Pre-Columbian
10,000 BC
Earliest Human Habitation of Utah
Utah · Other · Pre-Columbian
10,000 BC
First Peoples Arrive in New York
New York · Other · Pre-Columbian
10,000 BC
Paleo-Indians Inhabit Maryland
Maryland · Other · Pre-Columbian
10,000 BC
Abenaki Peoples Inhabit New Hampshire Region
New Hampshire · Other · Pre-Columbian
10,000 BC
Meadowcroft Rockshelter Early Human Activity
Pennsylvania · Other · Pre-Columbian
9,500 BC
Earliest Human Occupation of Kentucky
Kentucky · Other · Pre-Columbian
9,000 BC
Clovis Culture Human Occupation of New Mexico
New Mexico · Other · Pre-Columbian
8,500 BC
Champlain Sea Formation
Vermont · Other · Pre-Columbian
8,000 BC
Earliest Human Settlement at Hardaway Site
North Carolina · Settlement · Pre-Columbian
8,000 BC
Hardaway Site Early Human Settlement
North Carolina · Other · Pre-Columbian
5,677 BC
Mount Mazama Volcanic Eruption
Oregon · Other · Pre-Columbian
3,800 BC
Stallings Island Pottery Culture Develops
South Carolina · Other · Pre-Columbian
3,500 BC
Watson Brake Mound Complex Construction
Louisiana · Other · Pre-Columbian
3,400 BC
Watson Brake Mound Complex Construction
Louisiana · Other · Pre-Columbian
3,000 BC
Red Paint People Inhabit Maine
Maine · Other · Pre-Columbian
1,800 BC
Shift from Hunter-Gatherer to Agriculture
Kentucky · Other · Pre-Columbian
1,500 BC
First Settlement of Mariana Islands
GU · Settlement · Pre-Columbian
1,500 BC
Poverty Point Culture Peak
Louisiana · Other · Pre-Columbian
1,500 BC
Chamorro Arrival in Mariana Islands
GU · Settlement · Pre-Columbian
1,000 BC
Introduction of Pottery in Kentucky
Kentucky · Other · Pre-Columbian
450 BC
Construction of Earthen Burial Mounds Begins
Kentucky · Other · Pre-Columbian
200 BC
Hopewell Culture Obsidian Trade from Yellowstone
Wyoming · Other · Pre-Columbian
200 BC
Maize Cultivation Migrates to Eastern United States
Kentucky · Other · Pre-Columbian
200 BC
Hopewell Culture First Permanent Settlements
Indiana · Settlement · Pre-Columbian
600
Fremont Culture in Utah
Utah · Other · Pre-Columbian
900
Polynesian Settlement of Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii · Settlement · Pre-Columbian
900
Emergence of Mississippian Culture in Kentucky
Kentucky · Other · Pre-Columbian
940
First Polynesian Settlement of Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii · Settlement · Pre-Columbian
1000
Wickliffe Mounds Settlement Period
Kentucky · Settlement · Pre-Columbian
1000
Mississippian Culture Rises at Cahokia and St. Louis
Missouri · Other · Pre-Columbian
1000
Native Pennsylvania Agriculture Development
Pennsylvania · Other · Pre-Columbian
1050
Angel Chiefdom Founded
Kentucky · Founding · Pre-Columbian
1050
Angel Mounds Polity Founded
Indiana · Founding · Pre-Columbian
1050
Pueblo Bonito Construction at Chaco Canyon
New Mexico · Other · Pre-Columbian
1050
Cahokia Mississippian Urban Center Flourishes
Illinois · Other · Pre-Columbian
1100
Mill Creek Culture Flourishes in Northwest Iowa
Iowa · Other · Pre-Columbian
1100
Town Creek Indian Mound Occupation
North Carolina · Settlement · Pre-Columbian
1100
Mississippian Culture Rise in Ohio River Valley
Indiana · Other · Pre-Columbian
1200
Plaquemine Culture Emergence
Louisiana · Other · Pre-Columbian
1200
Plaquemine Culture Development
Louisiana · Other · Pre-Columbian
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