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Colonization and Exploration TImeline

By Grayhunter823
  • Happy Leif Erikson day
    Nov 16, 1000

    Happy Leif Erikson day

    Leif Erikson discovers VInland
  • The Fraud
    Oct 12, 1492

    The Fraud

    Christopher Columbus ''discovers'' the New World
  • The New World is given a name
    May 6, 1507

    The New World is given a name

    New World named after Americus Vespucius
  • First Expedition

    First Expedition

    Raleigh sends first expedition
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

    Jamestown is founded
  • There's a first time for everything

    There's a first time for everything

    First assembly held in Jamestown. First slave sold in Virginia
  • Mayflower

    Mayflower

    The pilgrims travel in the Mayflower
  • Maryland settled by Calvert

    Maryland settled by Calvert

  • And you get a charter. And you get a charter. Everyone gets a charter!

    And you get a charter. And you get a charter. Everyone gets a charter!

    Connecticut gets a charter.
    1663: Carolina and Rhode island get a charter
  • New Amsterdam conquered

    New Amsterdam conquered

    New Amsterdam conquered by the English, and New Jersey given to Duke of York