DNL: Colonial Settlements

  • 1568

    English raid on Spanish colonies

    Sir Francis Drake withs his troops burns the Spanish settlement at St. Augustine in Florida.
  • Newfoundland

    The english colonizer Humphrey Gilbert claims this land for the english Queen Elizabeth. He dies in the return voyage.
  • Roanoke Island

    Sir Walter Raleigh sends a group of colonizer to Roanoke island in Virginia.
  • Birth of Virginia Dare

    The first English child born in North America in Roanoke Island.
  • Roanoke colony lost

    All the population at the Roanoke islands disappears mysteriously. We suppose that Indians killed all the population.
  • Cape Cod Settlement

    Bartholomew Gosnold, while exploring, settles in Cape Cod. He trades with natives and goes back to England.
  • Jamestown founded

    Chritopher Newport founds Jamestown and establish it as the first English settlement in North America. This colony suffers from hunger and Indian attacks.
  • Tobacco Cash Crop in Virginia

    In Jamestown, English settlers plant tobacco to ensure the colony's success. They exported it to Europe.
  • Plymouth Colony

    One hundred Pilgrims, arrived on the Mayflower, established a new settlement in Plymouth. They suffer form hunger.
  • Salem found

    Colonizers arriving at Massachusetts Bay establish the village of Salem.
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony found