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Period: Sep 8, 1492 to
European Colonization
Major Events of North American Colonization -
Oct 8, 1492
Columbus encounters the new world
Columbus was sailing to Asia and found the new world -
Apr 2, 1513
Spanish establish St. Agugustine, Flordia
Ponce de Leon was the first one to land there -
Jun 9, 1534
Jacque Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence
Cartier entered the Gulf of St. Lawrence by the Strait of Belle Isle, explored its barren north coast for a distance, and then traveled down the west shore of Newfoundland to Cape Anguille. From there, he discovered Magdalen and Prince Edward islands, explored Chaleur Bay, and claimed Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula for France. He then discovered the inlet of the St. Lawrence River, sailed north to Anticosti Island, and then returned to Europe. -
Sep 8, 1539
Hernando de Soto's expedition of the Southeast
For the next three years Hernando and his men explored the Southeastern United States,facing ambushes and enslaving natives along the way -
Feb 8, 1540
Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas
He was in Mexico. -
Attempted Roanoke Colony
August 18 was to have been Virginia's third birthday. The only clue to their mysterious disappearance was the word "CROATOAN" carved into the palisade that had been built around the settlement. White took the letters to mean that the colonists had moved to Croatoan Island, some 50 miles away, but a later search of the island found none of the settlers. -
Juan De Onate founded Santa Fe
He found Santa Fe -
Jamestown, Virginia 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. -
John Rolfe introduce tobaccoto Virginia
He began experimenting with growing tobacco, eventually using seeds grown in the West Indies to develop Virginia’s first profitable export. -
The first African slaves arrived in Virginia
They were the first African slaves -
Plymouth, Massachusetts founded
it was found in 1630 -
Marquette and Joliet sailed down the Mississippi
They sailed the Mississippi River in Arkansas -
Pennsylvania Colony founded
william penn founded the colony -
South Carolina colony founded
They were seperated in 1729 -
Georgia Colony founded
nspired by the need to build a buffer between South Carolina and the Spanish settlements in Florida, the Englishman James Oglethorpe established the Georgia colony. -
French began fur trade with indians
They traded fur with the Indians -
Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec
the 19th century, the promise of jobs in the timber industry lured many French Canadians to Maine from the Canadian province of Quebec, which borders the state to the west. With 90 percent of Maine still covered by forests, Maine is known as the "Pine Tree State" and is the most sparsely populated state east of the Mississippi River. -
Beaver Wars 1822-1831
it was when the trapped beavers -
The Pueblo Revolt
The crew and captain of the U.S. intelligence gathering ship Pueblo are released after 11 months imprisonment by the government of North Korea.