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America, Columbus to the founding fathers

By Oswald_Christ
  • Nov 19, 1492

    Columbus Lands in Puerto Rico

    Columbus Lands in Puerto Rico
    Christopher Columbus lands on Puerto Rico naming it San Juan Bautista in honor of Saint John the Baptist. The first European explorer to get there.
  • 1524

    Giovanni da Verrazzano explored the East Coast

    Giovanni da Verrazzano explored the East Coast
    The Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano landed in the neighborhood of Chesapeake Bay and explored the Atlantic coast of North America from Florida to New Brunswick including New York Bay and Narrangansett Bay. wikipdia
  • Jun 17, 1579

    Francis Drake lands in America

    Francis Drake lands in America
    Francis Drake landed on the coast of California in Drakes Bay.

  • Sir Walter Raleigh tries to settle Roanoke.

    Sir Walter Raleigh tries to settle Roanoke.
    1584–1587. Sir Walter Raleigh unsuccessfully attempted to settle Roanoke Island.
    Mysteriously, by 1590 the Roanoke colony had vanished entirely. (http://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/roanoke-island/)

  • British colonise North America

    British colonise North America
    In 1606, just a few months after James I issued its charter, the London Company sent 144 men to Virginia on three ships: the Godspeed, the Discovery and the Susan Constant. They reached the Chesapeake Bay in the spring of 1607 and headed about 60 miles up the James River, where they built a settlement they called Jamestown. The Jamestown colonists had a rough time of it: They were so busy looking for gold and other exportable resources that they could barely feed themselves.

  • Britons settle in Cuper's Cove.

    Britons settle in Cuper's Cove.
    In Newfoundland, a chartered company known as the Society of Merchant Venturers established a permanent settlement at Cuper's Cove, from 1610.

  • The British found St. George's

    The British found St. George's
    St. George's, Bermuda was founded by the Virginia Company, in 1612. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George%27s,_Bermuda)

  • Creation of Maryland

    Creation of Maryland
    In 1632, the English crown granted about 12 million acres of land at the top of the Chesapeake Bay to Cecilius Calvert. Maryland was similar to Virginia in many ways. Its landowners produced tobacco on large plantations that depended on the labor.
    But unlike Virginia’s founders, Lord Baltimore was a Catholic, and he hoped that his colony would be a refuge for his persecuted coreligionists. Maryland became known for its policy of religious toleration for all.

  • British gain New York

    British gain New York
    England took over the Dutch colony of the New Netherland (including its capital of New Amsterdam) which England renamed the Province of New York. With New Netherland, the English also came to control the former New Sweden (in what is now Delaware), which the Dutch had conquered earlier. This later became part of Pennsylvania after that was established in 1680.

  • The Great Awkening

    The Great Awkening
    Whilst the term "Great Awakening" refers to a number of periods of religious revival in American Christian history, a prominent one occurred around 1700. This saw increased religious enthusiasm occurring and was characterised by nationwide revivals led by evangelical Protestant ministers, a sudden increase of interest in religion, a profound sense of conviction and redemption on the part of those affected and the formation of new religious movements and denominations. (Wikipedia)

  • Salutary Neglect

    Salutary Neglect
    With the rise of Robert Walpole as Prime Minister British officials began turning a blind eye to colonial violations of trade regulations, especially in North America with regards to the Navigation Acts.

  • Start of the Seven Years War

    Start of the Seven Years War
    Friedrich der Grosse, George III of Great Britain, George Washington, Maria Theresa and Louis XV battle it out.

  • British gain Quebec

    British gain Quebec
    Canada was by far the most settled portion of New France. Britain gained complete control of French Canada in 1759–1761, from the events within the North American theater of the Seven Years' War; France ceded title with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Became Canada East in the Province of Canada, which also included Ontario (Upper Canada) as Canada West, from 1841 to 1867.

  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act or "Duties in American Colonies Act 1765" was an act of the Westminster that imposed a direct tax on the colonies and required that many printed materials in the colonies were produced on paper produced in London which carried an embossed revenue stamp.