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Period: Jan 30, 1400 to
Europe moves toward exploration
Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland on behalf of England's queen Elizabeth -
The Arrival
They arrive at Roanoke Island which is off the coast of North Carolina, and is settled by the first English colonists in America and it ends in a disastrous way -
Second attempt
A new group of English settlers arrives at Roanoke Island and makes a second attempt to settle in -
No survivals
An English ship that was first to arrive at Roanoke Island since 1587, finds no remaining trace of the settlers or their settlement -
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British period
The late 16th century and the 18th century The English colonized the Americans with help of the native. They also had causes and effects that helped this happened . they imported end exported new foods spices -
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The reign of James the 1
James was a strong advocate of royal absolutism and his conflicts with an increasingly self assertive Parliament set the stage for the rebellion against his successor Charles I James at one year old he became king of Scotland on July 24,1567. His mother left the kingdom on May16,1588 and never saw her son again, the young king was kept fairly isolated but was given good education until the age 14. -
Founding of Jamestown
Colonists establish the first lasting British settlement in the new world at Jamestown -
John Smith
John Smith claims that when he was captured by Indians he was saved from execution by Pocahontas, daughter of the chief -
Henry Hudson
reaches the inlet of the New York Bay and explores the river now known by his name -
First winter
after wintering in Hudson Bay, is set adrift in an open boat by his mutinous crew -
Pocochontas hostage
The American Indian princess Pocahontas is taken hostage by Jamestown colonists in the first Anglo-Powhatan war -
Warehouse
The British and East India establishes a factory at Surat, on the west coast -
Pilgrims
a group of 102 English settlers, sail in the Mayflower to the new world -
Founding of New York
The renamed colony of New York to treat Dutch settlers well and allow them freedom to worship as pleased and speak their own language -
Bacon's Rebelion
Nathaniel Bacon formed a rebellion against Berkeleys government. the army conducted raids and massacres against American Indian villages -
The founding New Hampshire
New Hampshire was the New England Colony to be settled. originally part of Massachusetts bay. -
The founding of New Jersey
The territory of New York was too large to administer James split it in 1664 he gave the section of the colony located between the Hudson River and Delaware Bay -
The founding of Gerogia
In 1732 the 13th colony was charted it was the last British colonies and it was to receive direct financial support from the government in London -
The foundation in South Carolina
Southern economy was based on trading furs and providing food for the west indies -
The founding of Massachusetts
a group of puritans gained a royal charter for the Massachusetts bay company -
North Carolina
the region had few good harbors and poor transportation therefore compared to South Carolina there were fewer large plantations and less reliance on slavery -
The founding of Rhode Island
Roger William was a puritan and believed that all people had religious freedom if they were christians