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Colonial Era Timeline

By jimmy rhoads
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus encountered the new world

    Columbus was sailing for spain but ended up on the contient of North America
  • Sep 11, 1518

    French began fur trade with Indians

  • Jun 9, 1534

    Jacque Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence

  • Apr 10, 1538

    Hernando de Soto’s expedition of the Southeast

    He sailed with 10 ships and 700 men
  • Sep 11, 1542

    Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas

    He hoped to reach the seven cites of gold
  • Sep 8, 1565

    Spanish establish St. Augustine, Florida

  • Attempted Roanoke Colony

  • John Rolfe introduced tobacco to Virginia

  • Juan de Onate founded Santa Fe

  • Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec

  • Jamestown, Virginia founded

  • First African slaves arrived in Virginia

  • Plymouth, Massachusetts founded

  • Beaver Wars Started

  • South Carolina colony founded

  • Marquette and Joliet sailed down the Mississippi

  • The Pueblo Revolt

  • Pennsylvania Colony founded

  • Beaver Wars Ended

  • Georgia Colony founded

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