English Colonies

By USH_history
  • Period: 1400 to

    English Colonization

  • Beginning of the reign of Henry VII in England
    1485

    Beginning of the reign of Henry VII in England

    He reigned from 1485-1509.
  • Beginning of the reign of Henry VIII
    1509

    Beginning of the reign of Henry VIII

    He reigned from 1509-1547.
  • Beginning of the reign of Edward VI
    1547

    Beginning of the reign of Edward VI

    He reigned from 1547-1553.
  • Beginning of the reign of Mary I
    1553

    Beginning of the reign of Mary I

    She reigned from 1553-1558.
  • Beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I
    1558

    Beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I

    She reigned from 1558-1603
  • Sir Walter Raleigh colonizes Roanoke Island.
    1565

    Sir Walter Raleigh colonizes Roanoke Island.

    The colony lasts for only one year. The second attempt to settle there in 1587 also fails with the colony disappearing sometime before 1590.
  • First English child to be born in the colonies

    First English child to be born in the colonies

    Virginia Dare was born in Roanoke.
  • James I and the Puritans

    James I and the Puritans

    At the Hampton Court Conference, James I refuses to tolerate Puritans.
  • Jamestown and Pocahontas

    Jamestown and Pocahontas

    • Jamestown is founded by the Virginia Company.
    • Captain John Smith is captured by Chief Powhatan and saved from death by the chief's daughter, Pocahontas.
  • English vs Natives

    English vs Natives

    Violent confrontation between hundreds of English and Powhatan men on the Pamunkey River, Virginia
  • The Mayflower

    The Mayflower

    The Mayflower ship transported 102 English Puritans and Separatists, the Pilgrim Fathers, from a site near the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, a long journey of 66 days.