Colonization and Exploration Timeline

By Charmon Hart
  • 1000
    May 6, 1000

    1000

    Leif Ericson discovers Vinland
  • Period: Dec 31, 1000 to

    Colonization and Exploration Timeline

  • 1492
    Oct 12, 1492

    1492

    Columbus discovers the New World.
  • May 6, 1507

    1507

    New World named after Americus Vespucius.
  • 1584

    1584

    Raleigh sends first expedition to America
  • 1607

    1607

    Founding of Jamestown, Virginia.
  • 1619

    1619

    First assembly meets at Jamestown. Slaves first sold in Virginia.
  • 1620

    1620

    Coming of the Pilgrims in the Mayflower.
  • 1634

    1634

    Maryland first settled by Calvert.

  • 1662

    Connecticut charter granted.

  • 1663

    Charter granted to Rhode Island.
    Charter for the Carolinas granted.

  • 1665

    Stuyvesant conquers the Swedes in Delaware.