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Luke's Colonial America Timeline

  • ROANOKE

    ROANOKE
    Queen Elizabeth gave Sir Walter Raleigh his charter to find Roanoke.
  • JAMESTOWN BECOMING SETTLEMENT

    JAMESTOWN BECOMING SETTLEMENT
    Jamestown was the first British settlement.
  • TOBACCO

    TOBACCO
    Tobacco was founded in Jamestown, this was their first successful cash crop.
  • PLYMOUTH

    PLYMOUTH
    First Pilgrims landed in Plymouth.
  • MAYFLOWER

    MAYFLOWER
    A ship called the Mayflower left England to go to America.
  • MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY

    MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY
    A group of wealthy Puritans formed the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  • MASSACHUSETTS COLONY

    MASSACHUSETTS COLONY
    Massachusetts became a colony.
  • PEQUOT WAR

    PEQUOT WAR
    Connecticut settlers attacked the Pequot. Started because the greedy settlers wanted more food, resources, and land.
  • TOLERATON ACT

    TOLERATON ACT
    The Toleration Act made religious freedom the law for Christians in Maryland.
  • NORTH CAROLINA & SOUTH CAROLINA

    NORTH CAROLINA & SOUTH CAROLINA
    Colonists decided to split their colony in two- North Carolina and South Carolina.