History timeline.

  • Roanoke

    Roanoke

    In 1587 about 100 British men and women and their children arrived at what we know North Carolina but what they know as Roanoke.
    https://encyclopediavirginia.org/ This article talks about how they wanted to harass Spanish shipping and want to mine gold and silver.
    Not to long after thy settled John White who was the leader at the time went back to England for more supplies. Three years later John White came back to Roanoke and there were not many people there.
    https://www.livescience.com/
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

    www.nps.gov
    In America the first permanent English settlement which was found by 104 English men was found on 1607 but they left in 1606 by three boats.
    www.ushistory.org
    Looking for gold these men made Jamestown. Over the years many men spent their time looking for gold and that caused them to not be able to farm which cost them a lot.
  • New York

    New York

    https://www.thoughtco.com/
    Although Henry Hudson found the area in 1609 it was never mapped until 1611-1614. In the core of Manhattan New Amsterdam was made and became the capital not to long after made.
  • House of Burgesses

    House of Burgesses

    https://encyclopediavirginia.org/
    From 1619-1643 when a group of elected representatives met with the governor and the appointed governor’s Council.
    www.mountvernon.org
    The first official legislative body in all of America was a very important government system.
    https://www.worldhistory.org/
  • Mayflower

    Mayflower

    https://www.mayflower400uk.org
    Starting at Plymouth the Mayflower sets sail to America for a new life on 16 September, 1620. The English came for a new life but they tremendously impacted about 30 million people are related to someone on the Mayflower.
    - Photo from same website
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony

    Massachusetts Bay Colony

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    Wanting to creat a colony a group of Puritans (who are from England) created the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Well at it they took the wealth that was going to England and took it for themselves.
  • Maryland

    Maryland

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    Maryland was made as a safe place for the English Catholics to go to leave the persecutions of Catholic people in Europe. As Catholics were not socially acceptable in England they needed to find a new place.
  • Connecticut

    Connecticut

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    On Connecticut River valley the first trading post was made by the Dutch. They wanted to move out of Massachusetts to go to the valley. When they started the new government so they decided to use Massachusetts civil laws.
  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island

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    Founded by five English groups that have been kicked out of Massachusetts (or at least some of the 5). In 1636 Rode island or what used to be called Roodt Eylandt was found. Sense they all got kicked out (or some) they needed to find a new place to live.
  • Maryland Toleration Act

    Maryland Toleration Act

    msa.maryland.gov
    To hopefully make Massachusetts a bigger location for immigration for the Christian immigrants George Calvert made the Maryland Toleration Act. firstamendment.mtsu.edu
    This was the first for freedom of religion. This act made it illegal to put one realign down. imgc.artprintimages.com
  • Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania

    www.ushistory.org
    From what was a Native American land became Fort Elfsborg and Fort New Gothenburg which was built by Governor Johan Printz in 1643. Before all of that in 1608 John Smith came to the Susquehannock Indians which was in Pennsylvania. gstatic.com
  • Bacons Rebellion

    Bacons Rebellion

    https://encyclopediavirginia.org
    What started in 1676 and ended in 1677 was supposed to be small escalated very quickly. From what started with the Doug Indians at Potomac River that went onto many more people.
    quizlet.com
    It all started because of high taxes and people didn't like how the people with a closer relationship with the governor had special privileges.
    encyclopediavirginia.org
  • Salutary Neglect

    Salutary Neglect

    encyclopediavirginia.org
    Walpole made an unofficial policy 1689 sneak strict regulations specifically in trade laws were made he wanted to chill them out. This made it so there were difficulties to follow such as the other colonies having to work independently from the British.
  • Salem witch trials

    Salem witch trials

    www.history.com
    Starting with only a few young girls proclaiming that they were possessed became a huge thing over the months of 1692 in Massachusetts. When they realized this was wrong after a few months they gave comfort to the family’s.
  • Great Awakening

    Great Awakening

    www.history.com
    A revival for the Christian religion was the Great Awakening. At this time the colony's were mostly operated by colony's. Although there were many chiefs Jonathan Edwards he did not care what or who you are and he preached about 5,000 miles over the Atlantic coast.
  • French Indian War

    French Indian War

    www.mountvernon.org
    The French and the British this war lasted for seven years with both sides getting help from Native Americans. The war started in 1754 it was officially declared in 1756.
    www.history.com
  • Albany Plan

    Albany Plan

    A group of English men met with some Iroquois to fight with the French. When it got passed through not one of the Iroquois thought it would be a good idea.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    www.history.com
    To keep the English from going onto the natives land to keep them happy. This boundary named "proclamation line" was inbetween the Atlantic coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Carolina

    Carolina

    https://www.history.com/
    Although it was a place before 1861 this is when they broke of and became their own state. The first English settlement in 1585 on Roanoke island.
  • Great Migration

    Great Migration

    https://www.archives.gov/
    From about 1910-1970 about six million black people moved from American South to North to try and escape racial violence.
    https://www.history.com/
    These people have traveled in many ways but this includes trains,bus, or even boat with only some people traveling by a car or sometimes a horse-drawn carts.
    https://scholarscollaborative.org/