colonial America srm

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  • Period: Jan 1, 1550 to

    Colonial America

  • Sep 11, 1558

    Elizabeth I becomes queen of England

    Granted Sir Humphrey Gilbert permission to colonize in America.

  • Raleigh founds "lost colony" at Roanoke Island

    During the Anglo-Spanish War all of the inhabitants of this colony disappeared.

  • Virginia Colony Founded at Jamestown

    Founded by the London Company from a desire to gain wealth and to convert the natives to Christianity.

  • Puritans found Massechusetts Bay Colony

  • Maryland Colony founded

  • Roger Williams founds Rhode Island

  • New England Confederation formed

    This was a political and military alliance of the English colonies of Massachusetts, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven.

  • William Penn founds Pennsylvania

    Penn founds Pennsylvania in order for religious freedom.