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In 1492 Columbus set sail to where he thought was an western passage to Asia, but he ended up sailing to America.
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Dutch begain East India Trading Company.
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Jamestown was the second colony in North America, but it was the first permanent one.
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Pilgrims sign the Mayflower Compact and settle into Plymouth Bay.
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founded by John Wheelright, who was banished by Puritans for agreeing with Anne Hutchinson's views.
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In 1630, a number of Puritans decided to leave England, because King Charles decided to persecute them.
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Founded by George Calvert. He wanted a colony where Catholics could live safely.
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Led by Thomas Hooker, Connecticut was founded to expand trade and religouse freedom from the Puritans.
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Rodger Williams believed the Puritans should split entirely from The Church of England. He founded Rhode Island after he was expeled from Massachusetts.
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Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe to halt the Spanish advance into America and to also where debtors could be protected.
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The English take over New Amsterdam from the Dutch. Once the English took it from them, they named it New York, in honer of the Duke of York.
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King Philip's real name was Metacom, and he was the leader of the Wampanoag. His goal was to stop Puritan expansion, so he started a war with the English. The uprising ended in 1676, the uprising ended with the capture and death of Metacom.
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William Penn founds the colony of Pennsylvania.
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King William and Queen Mary signed the English Bill of RIghts.
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In 1692, hysteria about witches swept through Salem, Massachusetts. A special court tried and sentenced dozens of people supposedly convicted of witchcraft.
