Colonial Era Timeline

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  • Period: Sep 8, 1492 to

    Europien Colonization

    This time period the Spaninsh, the English, and the French founded North America.
  • Oct 3, 1492

    Columbus encountered the New World for the first time

    Columbus, sailing for the Spanish Empire, encountered the New World for the first time.
  • Jun 9, 1534

    Jacque Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence

    The chief of the tribe that they found let two of his sons go abord the ship and travle back to France with Cartier.
  • Mar 1, 1540

    Hernando de Soto’s expedition of the Southeast

    Hernando de Soto was the first person to see modern day Arkansas and the Mississippi River.
  • Jun 1, 1541

    Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas

    These men descovered the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River.
  • Sep 8, 1565

    Spanish establish St. Augustine, Florida

    This was the capital of Florida until it was changed to Tallahassee in 1824.

  • Attempted Roanoke Colony

    The Roanoke Colony was a 16th century attempt to astablish an English settlement

  • Juan de Onate founded Santa Fe

    Founded settelments in Southwest America

  • Jamestown, Virginia founded

    Founded the first perminate English settlement on the bank of the James River.

  • Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec

    He was assinated and his power as King was handed down to his wife.

  • French began fur trade with Indians

    Played a major role in civilization for over 300 years.

  • John Rolfe introduced tobacco to Virginia

    Expirimented with tabbacco, and begin using seed in the West Indies to make the first profitable export.

  • First African slaves arrived in Virginia

    Blacks who arrived in America that could not afford passage in to the colonies would become indentured servants.

  • Plymouth, Massachusetts founded

    This was colonized by the fisrt European settelers off the Maylower.

  • Marquette and Joliet sailed down the Mississippi

    Were the first to discover and map the Mississippi River.

  • Beaver Wars

    War between the Iroquois Indians and their English trading partners.

  • South Carolina colony founded

    Fish, forests (timber) and good agricultural land. Farming and Plantations were important. Exported agricultural products to other colonies

  • The Pueblo Revolt

    They killed 400 Spanish and drove the remaining 2000 out of province.

  • Pennsylvania Colony founded

    The Middle Colonies were the big food producing region that included corn and wheat and livestock including beef and pork. Other industries included the production of iron ore, lumber, textiles, furs and shipbuilding - refer to Colonial Times.

  • Georgia Colony founded

    Fish, forests (timber) and good agricultural land. Farming and Plantations were important. Exported agricultural products to other colonies