Early English timeline

  • ronoak island

  • apanish armada defeated

    apanish armada defeated

    English navy began bombarding the seven-mile-long line of Spanish ships from a safe distance, taking full advantage of their long-range heavy guns. The Spanish Armada continued to advance during the next few days, but its ranks were thinned by the English assault.
  • james town

    james town

    The first permanent english settlement in america.
    is where british empire began this was the first colony in the british empire
  • english cival war

    english cival war

    The victory of the Parliamentarian New Model Army over the Royalist Army at the Battle of Naseby on 14 June 1645 marked the decisive turning point in the English Civil War.
  • The house of burgesses meet

    The house of burgesses meet

    first met on july 30 1619
    Governor george yeardley immediately gave notice that the virginia colony would establish a legislative assembly
  • dutch bring africans

    dutch bring africans

    when a ship showed up had 20 or so african americans on it
  • king james declares royal colny

    king james declares royal colny

    royal colony declared
  • colonist can own land

    the settlers could own land