Americans/United states
Columbus reaches the Americans
1492
Forbidden City built in Beijing, China
1421
A period of 10 years.
Historians divide history
Historians look at people and events.
Setting, of time and space
one of the most important and difficult jobs
Archaeologists is dating the artifacts
civil War begins
1861
New Zealand is first country to let women vote
1893
Time and place
Historians look at people and events of history in the matrix.
why events happened where they did.
Historians research, organize and write.
The earliest artifacts are pieces
of hard rock that were chipped
U.S. enters World war 1
1917
Japan allows entry of foreign ships
1570
Dating Events
1 B.C.E To date events after B.C.E
United states history
skills and practice them throughout your study.
How do archaeologists determine the age of these artifacts
Early scientists correctly assumed that artifacts buried more deeply in the ground are older.
Louisiana Purchase doubles the size of the united states.
1803
French revolution begins
1789
History and science
Historians use science to study prehistory.
related feilds
They often combine their study
In most cases.
That observation is still true today
United states declares independence
1776
Da Gama is first to European to sail around africa to indian
1497
100 years is known as a century.
Centuries are grouped into even longer time period
who are specialists
they worked with other historians
Another way that archaeologists date artifacts is by using trees.
Each year, trees form a new growth ring.