The British Settlers in North America By:Chyanne and Rebecca

Timeline created by keller in History

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1500	The British arrive.	English settlers attempt to set up permanent colonies in North America. This happened in the late 1500s.
01/01/1585	Roanoke Island colony	Sir Walter Raleigh organized one of the first attempts to make a colony. THe first colony was located on Roanoke Island off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
01/01/1590	Roanoke Island colony disappears	After John White comes back from getting supplies in England, he finds the Roanoke Island colony abbandoned. No one has ever found out what happened. All that was left is a tree carving.
01/01/1607	Jamestown colony	England had settled its first permanent colony at Jamestown, Virginia.
01/01/1740	The British Traders move to trade	The British moved west in order to trade with the American Indians in the Indiana area.
01/01/1747	Trade with the British	Cheif La Demoiselle of the Piankashaw Indians set up a new village Pickawillany, in order to be closer to the British traders. Other Miami Indians soon followed. Soon the American Indians at Pickawillany signed a treaty with the British.
01/01/1754	The start of the French and Indian War	The French and the British along with Indians on both sides went to war over control of the land and fur trade.
01/01/1757	France is losing	France was starting to lose control over the war and started running out of supplies.
01/01/1763	The war is over and the Peace of Paris	France lost the French and Indian War to the British. The Peace of Paris was signed by both sides causing most of the French territory to the British.
01/01/1763	Pontiac's War	Pontiac led a rebellion agaisnt the British were the Indians captured multiple British forts. Pontiac lost to the British in what became Pontiac's War.