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Period: Sep 8, 1492 to
European Colonization
During this time period the Spanish, French, and English colonized North America -
Oct 8, 1492
Columbus Encountered the New World
Columbus and the Spanish went on a voyage and found the new world -
Period: Sep 8, 1531 to Sep 8, 1542
Hernando de Soto’s expedition of the Southeast
He joined Francisco Pizarro on an expedition in pursuit of rumors of gold located in the region that is now northwestern Colombia, on the Pacific coast. -
Jun 9, 1534
Jacque Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence
Cartier sailed up the St. Lawerence River and had in fact discovered an important waterway into the vast areas of Canada -
Sep 8, 1540
Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas
He was going to find what was a rumor of the Seven Golden Cities in the North, but instead found the Grandy Canyon and other major physical landmarks of the region. -
Sep 8, 1565
Spanish establish St. Augustine, Florida
The Spanish went on an expedition and when they landed they found what is now St. Augustine, Flordia -
Attempted Roanoke Colony
It was the first to include women and children to
create a stable English colony on the Atlantic coast. Soon the
colonists agreed that White should return to England for supplies.
White was unable to return to Roanoke for three years, however,
due to French pirate attacks and England’s war with Spain.
Finally, in August 1590, White returned to Roanoke Island. -
Juan de Onate founded Santa Fe
Juan de Onate went on an expedition and found what is now Santa Fe. -
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French began fur trade with Indians
Worldwide industry dealing in the sale and trade of animal fur. -
Jamestown, Virginia was founded
A group of roughly 100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River. -
Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec
Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer and navigator who mapped much of northeastern North America and started a settlement in Quebec. -
John Rolfe introduced tobacco to Virginia
He introduced the tobacco plant to the colony and it eventually made them rich. Then he planted the first one in 1612 -
First African slaves arrived in Virginia
Aboard a Dutch man of war, These blacks were sold/traded into servitude for supplies. -
Plymouth, Massachusetts founded
This colony occupied most of the southeastern portion of the modern state of Massachusetts. -
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Beaver Wars
Intermittent series of conflicts fought in the late 17th century in eastern North America, in which the Iroquois sought to expand their territory and take control of the role of middleman in the fur trade between the French and the more primitive tribes of the west. -
South Carolina colony founded
King Charles II gave the land to eight noble men known as The Lords Proprietors. At the time, the province included both North Carolina and South Carolina. North and South Carolina became separate royal colonies in 1729. -
Marquette and Joliet sailed down the Mississippi
They sail down the Mississippi to explore and find new trade. -
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The Pueblo Revolt
Revolt of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and Otermín's Attempted Reconquest. -
Pennsylvania Colony founded
William Penn founded Pennsylvania with a land grant that was owed his deceased Father and his goal was to create a colony that allowed freedom of religion. -
Georgia Colony founded
Georgia's Trustees, Oglethorpe and the twenty-one other men, established that no man was to make profit off the settlement