Exploration, Settlement, Conflict, and Progress

By lindsaykfisher
  • Feb 1, 1450

    John Cabot

    John Cabot was a Genoese explorer of North America with help from England. He made many expeditions across the Northern Atlantic ocean.
  • Mar 9, 1454

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Like Columbus, he was an Italian explorer who played a large role in discovering the "New World."
  • Dec 31, 1491

    Jacques Cartier

    French explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France. He did lots of exploration on the St. Lawrence River.
  • Feb 1, 1492

    Columbian Exchange

    This was a period of time where new ideas, food, culture, diseases, and people from the Old World to the New World when Christopher Columbus discovered it.
  • Oct 31, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Italian explorer who discovered the "New World" with the help of sponsors from royalty of Spain. He was very significant in the exploration category because of his voyages to the Americas.
  • Feb 1, 1517

    Reformation

    This was during the 16th-century. It was a religious, political, and cultural upheaval of Catholic Europe. It set in place structures and beliefs that defined the modern era of Europe.
  • Feb 1, 1554

    Sir Walter Raleigh

    Englishman who was also a writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer.He established a Roanoke Island colony in what is present-day North Carolina
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    Plymouth

    This colony was founded by a group of separatists. Its existence was relatively short.

  • Mayflower Compact

    This was the date it was signed by 41 English colonists and prevented disagreements between Puritans and non-separatist pilgrims at Plymouth.
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    Middle Colonies

    These colonies included Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. These were the most diverse out of the southern and New England colonies.

  • Puritans

    They settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in present-day New England.
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    New England Colonies

    These colonies were settled for mainly religious purposes.
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    Southern Colonies

    These were established in North America by England and had many major towns and religious beliefs present.

  • Quakers

    The first Quakers in North America arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. This was significant because they converted a large amount of colonists to Quakerism.
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    Enlightenment

    This was very different from the Great Awakening. Politics, philosophy, science and communications began to play a much bigger role in peoples lives and their reasoning for anything.
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    The Great Awakening

    This was a big time of religious revival within the American colonies. People were against mixing politics with religion at this point.
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    French and Indian War

    Also known as the Seven Years War between France and England mainly over claiming new territory for themselves.

  • Slavery

    Slavery was present in U.S. history, and each state abolished it slowly at different times.
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    The Great Migration

    This was the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the South to more Northern Cities. They were harshly driven from their homes and this had a significant impact on urban life for U.S. citizens.
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    Salem Witch Trials

    This was a time period when many people were accused of witchcraft within their community and even had to go on trial to defend themselves.