Building the first colonies

  • Dec 10, 1500

    European Countries Claimed Land in the Americas

    When: 1500s
    Who: People from Spain, Portugal, and England
    Where: The Americas
    Detail:To protect their land they set up colonies
    Fact: As the colony grew, slavery was introduced.
  • Apr 6, 1565

    St.Augustine

    When:1565
    Who:Pedro Menendez de Aviles
    Where:St. Augustine
    Detail:It was the first permanent settlement
  • The Lost Colony

    When:1584
    Who:Queen Elizabeth1
    Where:England
    Detail:England people went to Roanoke Island
    Detail:When they ran low on food theyreturned to England
  • The Powhatan Wars

    When:1600s
    Where:Virginia
    Detail:The Powhatan Wars led King james 1 to make Virginia a colony
    Detail: That means they shared powers with the House of Burgees
  • Champlain Founds Quebec

    When:1608
    Who:Samuel de Champlain
    Where:Quebec
    Detail:French Cathlioc missionaries began arriving in New France.
  • Settling Santa Fe

    When:1610
    Who:Spanish Missionaries
    Where:New Mexico
    Detail:They built religous churches
  • House of Burgesses

    When:1619
    Who:Virginia Colony
    Where:Virginia
    Detail:People set up a legislature goverment
    Detail:The Virginia Company said the colonists should have the same rights as the people in England
  • Plymouth Grows

    When:1623
    Who:Plymouth Colonists
    Where:Plymouth
    Detail:Colony's leadersharvested equally amoung famalies
  • The dutch Fur Trade

    When:1626
    Who:Peter Minuit
    Where:New Amsterdam
    Detail:The Dutch set up a colony for fur trade, they called it New Netherland.
  • Trouble Starts

    When:After 1630
    Who:New England Colonists
    Where:New England
    Detail:Many New England
  • New Sweden and More Conflicts

    When:1638
    Who:Swedish settlers
    Where:New Sweden
    Detail:When the Swedes began building homes, the Dutch worried that these new settlers would enter fur trade.
  • Founding Louisiana

    When:1682
    Who:Sieur de la Salle
    Where:Mississippi
    Detail:He tried to start a settlement near the mouth of the Mississippi River.