Colonial Era Timeline

By Starlasia03
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus encounters the new world

    Columbus encounters the new wrold for the first time and interacts with the Indians.
  • Sep 10, 1500

    French began fur trade with Indians

    Began in the 1500's. Indians traded goods such as tools and weapons for the fur.
  • Jun 9, 1534

    Jacque Cartier sailed the St. Lawerence

    Left France in April, was ordered to find gold, spices, and a water passage from Asia to France.
  • Period: Sep 10, 1538 to Sep 10, 1543

    Hernando de Soto’s expedition of the Southeast

    Set out for North America where he discovered the Mississppi River
  • Period: Sep 10, 1540 to Sep 10, 1542

    Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas

    Led a large expedition from Mexico to Kansas
  • Sep 8, 1565

    Spanish establish St. Augustine, Florida

    Discovered by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. They landed on the shore of what is now called Matanzas Bay.

  • Juan de Onate founded Santa Fe

    Departed from the Zacatecas on expedition and made a formal declaration of Spanish possesion.

  • Marquette and Joliet sailed down the Mississippi

    They were considered the first Europeans to come into contact with the Indians since Hernando de Soto.

  • Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec

    Was exploring North America and Came across Quebec.

  • Jamestown, Virginia founded

    103 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement, They landed in Jamestown On May 13. It was named after their king.

  • John Rolfe introduced tobacco to Virginia

  • First African slaves arrived in Virginia

    The slaves were Captive by a Dutch "man of war" , started the planting of the seeds of the American slave trade.

  • Plymouth, Massachusetts founded

    A group of 100 Puritan Separatist Pilgrims, who sailed on the Mayflower and landed on what is now Cape Cod bay, Massachusetts.
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    Beaver wars

    Also known as the Iroquois Wars , Series of wars fought in eastern North America.
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    Attempted Roanoke Colony

    Queen Elizabeth I attempted to establish a permanent English settlement.
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    The Pueblo Revolt

    Uprising of the Pueblo people against the Spanish Colonizers.

  • Pennsylvania Colony founded

    Founded in English North America by William Penn.

  • Georgia Colony founded

    James Oglethorpe and 114 colonist climbed 40 feet up the bluff from the Savannah River and founded the colony of Georgia

  • South Carolina Colony founded

    Founded by 8 English Noble with a Royal charter from King Charles II